Prevalence of Pediculosis Among Primary School-Aged Students in Iran: an Updated Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Autor:	Akbari M; Health and Environmental Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.; Department of Vector Biology and Control, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran., Sheikhi S; Department of Vector Biology and Control, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran., Rafinejad J; Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Akbari MR; Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran., Pakzad I; Department of Medical Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.; Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran., Abdi F; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran., Pakzad R; Health and Environmental Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.; Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran., Aivazi AA; Department of Vector Biology and Control, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of medical entomology [J Med Entomol] 2022 Nov 16; Vol. 59 (6), pp. 1861-1879.
DOI:	10.1093/jme/tjac117
Abstrakt:	In this study, a systematic investigation was performed to estimate the prevalence of head lice infestation, and to determine the factors affecting the prevalence of heterogeneity among primary school-aged children in Iran. A comprehensive search was fulfilled in international databases, including MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase, to identify the articles on the prevalence of pediculosis. So, all the cross-sectional epidemiological studies evaluating the prevalence of pediculosis were covered without any restrictions. A random-effects model was used to assess the pooled prevalence. A meta-regression method was applied to determine the factors affecting the heterogeneity among the studied population. An analysis was performed on 67 studies with a total sample size of 358,053. The total pooled estimate for the prevalence of pediculosis in boys and girls was 7.52% (95% CI: 6.15-9.03), 1.99% (95% CI: 1.25-2.89), and 8.97% (95% CI: 721-10.91), respectively. The highest and lowest pooled prevalence was in Hormozgan (southern Iran) (29.21%; 95% CI: 8.89-55.34) and Isfahan (Central Iran) (0.69%; 95% CI: 0.59-0.80), respectively. Based on the results of the univariate meta-regression, gender and father's job showed a significant direct association with the prevalence of pediculosis, but the sample size had significant inverse relations with the prevalence of pediculosis. This study demonstrated that pediculosis is a common public health problem affecting school-aged children with a relatively high prevalence in Iran, especially among girls. (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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