台南市國小學童蟯蟲感染之調查

Survey of Enterobius Vermicularis Infection among School Children in Tainan City

張瑞顯(Jui-Hsien Chang) ； 黃文雄(Wen-Hsiung Huang) ； 陳瑩霖(Eng-Rin Chen) ； 胡淑貞(Shu-Chen Hu)

《The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences》 6卷11期 (1990/11) Pp. 587-593

https://doi.org/10.6452/KJMS.199011.0587

摘要

A survey was conducted for enterobiasis, in six primary schools at Tainan city. The survey was conducted in 1986, involving 8120 school children. The manner of testing, was two consecutive day, adhesive cellophane paper perianal swabs. The test resulted in general infection rate of 3 0.4%. The positive rates among those primary school children were significantly different (X2-test, p＜0.001). The highest rate (40.3%), was in Shih-Men primary school and the lowest rate(18.7%) in Pao-Jeng primary school. Gender occurrence of enterobiasis was determined by making a statistic analysis between sex. We found significantly higher occurrence in males (32.4%) as opposed to females (28.3%) (x2-test, p＜ 0.001). The infection rates were also signiDepartment ficantly different by grade (X2-test, ＜ 0.001). The highest rate was found in the lower grades (35.3%), the next in the middle grades (32.4%), and the lowest in the higher grades (21.6%). A questionnaire demonstrated that the family status and personal hygiene are the most important factors in transmission of pinworm infection, among the group surveyed. Moreover, the educational levels, occupations of parents, and facilities of bathrooms, (between both primary schools) were also found significantly associated with the transmission of pinworm infection. Therefore, we believe that these factors play a role in transmission of pinworm infection among school children.

並列摘要

A survey was conducted for enterobiasis, in six primary schools at Tainan city. The survey was conducted in 1986, involving 8120 school children. The manner of testing, was two consecutive day, adhesive cellophane paper perianal swabs. The test resulted in general infection rate of 3 0.4%. The positive rates among those primary school children were significantly different (X2-test, p＜0.001). The highest rate (40.3%), was in Shih-Men primary school and the lowest rate(18.7%) in Pao-Jeng primary school. Gender occurrence of enterobiasis was determined by making a statistic analysis between sex. We found significantly higher occurrence in males (32.4%) as opposed to females (28.3%) (x2-test, p＜ 0.001). The infection rates were also signiDepartment ficantly different by grade (X2-test, ＜ 0.001). The highest rate was found in the lower grades (35.3%), the next in the middle grades (32.4%), and the lowest in the higher grades (21.6%). A questionnaire demonstrated that the family status and personal hygiene are the most important factors in transmission of pinworm infection, among the group surveyed. Moreover, the educational levels, occupations of parents, and facilities of bathrooms, (between both primary schools) were also found significantly associated with the transmission of pinworm infection. Therefore, we believe that these factors play a role in transmission of pinworm infection among school children.

並列關鍵字

pineworm infection ； epidemiology of enterobiasis ； enterobiasis