Research Article
Prevalence of Intestinal Helminths Infestation in Children Attending Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, Ghana
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infestation in children.
| | Characteristics | Number of participants (%)
| Positive (%)
| Negative (%)
| value |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 127 (56.4) | 25 (64.1) | 102 (80.3) | 0.28 | | Female | 98 (43.6) | 14 (35.9) | 84 (85.7) | | Age (months) | | | | | | 0–23 | 74 (32.9) | 1 (1.4) | 73 (98.6) | <0.0001 | | 24–47 | 54 (24.0) | 5 (9.3) | 49 (90.7) | | 48–71 | 30 (13.3) | 4 (13.3) | 26 (86.7) | | 72–120 | 67 (29.8) | 29 (43.3) | 38 (56.7) | | Residence | | | | | | Urban | 191 (84.9) | 21 (10.9) | 170 (89.1) | <0.0001 | | Rural | 34 (15.1) | 18 (52.9) | 16 (47.1) | | Parent occupation | | | | | | Employed | 172 (76.4) | 17 (9.9) | 155 (90.1) | <0.0001 | | Not employed | 53 (23.6) | 22 (41.5) | 31 (58.5) | | Parents Education | | | | | | Never been to school | 28 (12.4) | 14 (50) | 14 (50) | <0.0001 | | Primary school | 11 (4.9) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | | Secondary school | 153 (68) | 17 (11.1) | 136 (88.9) | | Tertiary education | 33 (14.7) | 1 (3.1) | 32 96.9) | | Latrine at home | | | | | | Has latrine | 180 (80) | 16 (8.9) | 164 (91.1) | <0.0001 | | Has no latrine | 45 (20) | 23 (51.1) | 22 (48.9) | | Hand wash after toilet | | | | | | Wash hand after toilet | 182 (80.9) | 10 (5.5) | 172 (94.5) | <0.0001 | | Not washing hands | 43 (19.1) | 29 (67.4) | 14 (32.6) | | Fingernail dirty | | | | | | Present dirt in fingernail | 103 (45.8) | 35 (33.9) | 68 (66.1) | <0.0001 | | No dirt in fingernail | 122 (54.2) | 4 (3.3) | 118 (96.7) |
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