Association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal worm infection in primary school children
Background In Indonesia, medical problems are indicated by diseases associated with low socioeconomic status. The preva- lence of intestinal worm is still high in Indonesia. Objective The purpose of this study was to find the association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal...
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| Summary: | Background In Indonesia, medical problems are indicated by diseases associated with low socioeconomic status. The preva- lence of intestinal worm is still high in Indonesia. Objective The purpose of this study was to find the association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal worm infection. Methods A cross sectional study was done on 120 primary school children in Suka Village, Karo District, North Sumatra Province. Subjects were selected by means of random sampling. Kato Katz method was used in stool examination. Socioeconomic status was referred from the Survey Keluarga Sejahtera (Wealth Family Sur- vey) 1998 by the BKKBN (the National Coordination Board on Family Planning). Data of socioeconomic status were collected by interview using a questionnaire and analyzed by chi square test; p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results Eighty-four subjects (70%) suffered from intestinal worm infection. There was no significant association between either age (p=0.811) or nutritional status (p=0.792) and intestinal worm infec- tion, but there was significant association between sex and intes- tinal worm infection (p=0.028). There was also association between intestinal worm infection and father's education (p=0.044). Mother's occupation had a significant association with intestinal worm in- fection (p=0.001), but father's occupation (p=0.474) did not. Nei- ther parents' income (p=0.429) nor socioeconomic status (p=0.098) was associated with intestinal worm infection. Conclusion There was significant association between intestinal worm infection and sex, father's education or mother's occupation |
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| Item Description: | 0030-9311 2338-476X 10.14238/pi44.3.2004.106-10 |