The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq
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Dec 27, 2020
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Article Category: original-paper
Published Online: Dec 27, 2020
Page range: 463 - 469
Received: Sep 07, 2020
Accepted: Nov 20, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2020-050
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Prevalence of head pediculosis in 1300 IDPs_
| Head pediculosis infestation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Number of infestation/totals | % | ||
| Gender | Male | 90/646 | 13.9 | 0.000 |
| Female | 381/654 | 58.2 | ||
| Age (years) | 1-10 | 270/675 | 40 | 0.033 |
| 11-20 | 37/101 | 36.6 | ||
| 21-30 | 24/75 | 32 | ||
| 31-40 | 34/130 | 26.1 | ||
| 41-50 | 57/180 | 31.6 | ||
| 50+ | 49/139 | 35.2 | ||
| Family members | 1-5 | 109/533 | 20.4 | 0.000 |
| 6-10 | 198/547 | 36.1 | ||
| 10+ | 164/220 | 74.5 | ||
| Total | 471/1300 | 36.2 | ||
Prevalence of scabies infestation among 1300 IDPs_
| Scabies infestation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Number of infestation/totals | % | ||
| Gender | Male | 301/646 | 46.6 | 0.251 |
| Female | 284/654 | 43.4 | ||
| Age (years) | 1-10 | 325/675 | 48.1 | 0.018 |
| 11-20 | 41/101 | 40.6 | ||
| 21-30 | 35/75 | 46.7 | ||
| 31-40 | 60/130 | 46.1 | ||
| 41-50 | 80/180 | 44.4 | ||
| 50+ | 44/139 | 31.6 | ||
| Family members | 1-5 | 216/533 | 40.5 | 0.023 |
| 6-10 | 260/547 | 47.5 | ||
| 10+ | 109/220 | 49.5 | ||
| Total | 585/1300 | 45 | ||