Table 6: Association between risk factors and the prevalence of intestinal
parasites among studied persons within households.
|
|
|
Intestinal Protozoan
and Helminth Parasites |
|
|
|
|
Risk factors |
No. Examined |
No. Positive (%) |
No. Negative (%) |
χ2 |
P-value |
|
WHD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
302 |
61 (20.2) |
241 (79.8) |
12.185 |
0.000 |
|
YES |
92 |
35 (38.0) |
57 (62.0) |
|
|
|
WHM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
269 |
44 (16.4) |
225 (83.6) |
29.509 |
0.000 |
|
YES |
125 |
52 (41.6) |
73 (27.1) |
|
|
|
WF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
154 |
27 (17.5) |
127 (82.5) |
6.405 |
0.011 |
|
YES |
240 |
69 (28.8) |
171 (71.3) |
|
|
|
NL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON P |
249 |
73 (29.3) |
176 (70.7) |
|
|
|
P |
113 |
19 (16.8) |
94 (83.2) |
9.254 |
0.010 |
|
NO |
32 |
4 (12.5) |
28 (87.5) |
|
|
|
DAB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
223 |
31 (13.9) |
192 (86.1) |
30.529 |
0.000 |
|
YES |
171 |
65 (38.0) |
106 (62.0) |
|
|
|
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
259 |
55 (21.2) |
204 (78.8) |
4.018 |
0.045 |
|
YES |
135 |
41 (30.4) |
94 (69.6) |
|
|
|
Types of DA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F |
18 |
8 (44.4) |
10 (55.6) |
|
|
|
FD |
234 |
71 (30.3) |
163 (69.7) |
46.546 |
0.000 |
|
D |
5 |
4 (80.0) |
1 (20.0) |
|
|
|
PDF |
8 |
2 (25.0) |
6 (75.0) |
|
|
|
Others |
129 |
10 (9.0) |
119 (90.9) |
|
|
WHD: Wash Hands after Defecation; WHM: Wash Hands before and after Meal; WF: Wash Fruits; NL: Nature of Latrine; NON P: None Protected; P: Protected; DAB: Defecation in aquatic and Bushy
areas; TDA: Type of Domestic Animals;
F: Fowl; FD: Fowl/Dogs; PDF: Pigs/Dogs/Fowl; Others: Cats/Goats/Sheep.