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A Study of Prevalence of Worm Infestation and Associated Risk Factors among the School Children of Dharan, Eastern Region of Nepal


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1 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal
2 Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College Bharatpur, Nepal
 

Background:Worm infestation has remained major zoonotic diseases in Nepal especially among children.

Objectives: To measure the prevalence of worm infestation and to identify risk factors associated with worm infestation among the school children of Dharan.

Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among school children of Dharan. Stratified random sampling method was applied to choose the schools and the study subjects. The Chi-square test was used to measure the association of risk factors and worm infestation.

Results: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children was 11.3 percent. Taenia species was found very high (5.3%) in comparison to other worms i.e. Hookworm (2%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.9%), Trichuris trichiura (1%), Hymenolepsis nana (0.7%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.3%). No significant relationship was traced among the factors in the causation of worm infestation although slight indications present.

Conclusions: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children has remained high.


Keywords

Dharan, Prevalence, Risk Factors, School Children, Worm Infestation.
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R. B. Sah
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal
P. K. Pokharel
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal
I. S. Paudel
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal
A. Acharya
Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College Bharatpur, Nepal
N. Jha
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal

Abstract


Background:Worm infestation has remained major zoonotic diseases in Nepal especially among children.

Objectives: To measure the prevalence of worm infestation and to identify risk factors associated with worm infestation among the school children of Dharan.

Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among school children of Dharan. Stratified random sampling method was applied to choose the schools and the study subjects. The Chi-square test was used to measure the association of risk factors and worm infestation.

Results: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children was 11.3 percent. Taenia species was found very high (5.3%) in comparison to other worms i.e. Hookworm (2%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.9%), Trichuris trichiura (1%), Hymenolepsis nana (0.7%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.3%). No significant relationship was traced among the factors in the causation of worm infestation although slight indications present.

Conclusions: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children has remained high.


Keywords


Dharan, Prevalence, Risk Factors, School Children, Worm Infestation.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2013%2F86766