Prevalence and associated factors of scabies among schoolchildren in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Autor: Henok Dagne, Awrajaw Dessie, Bikes Destaw, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Zemichael Gizaw
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1342-078X
1347-4715
DOI: 10.1186/s12199-019-0824-6
Popis: Abstract Background Scabies is a skin infestation caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei that causes a pruritic skin eruption. In Ethiopia, the disease is common especially during natural or manmade disasters such as flooding, drought, civil war and conflict, poor water supply and sanitation, and overcrowding living condition. Though scabies is becoming a major public health problem, especially in low resource settings, there has been no study that reported the prevalence of scabies in the study area. The aim of this study, therefore, was to assess the prevalence of scabies and associated factors among students in primary schools in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia. Method An institutional-based cross-sectional study was employed to determine the prevalence of scabies and associated factors among schoolchildren in Dabat district. A total of 494 students selected by a multi-stage sampling technique were included in this study. Scabies was diagnosed by medical practitioners based on lesions observed on body surfaces after a physical examination. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed using SPSS version 20. Significance level was obtained at p value
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