@article {95153,
	title = {Prevalence of head lice, <i>Pediculus humanus capitis</i> L. and their relation to anxiety among primary school children in Kalar district, Kurdistan region-Iraq},
	journal = {Journal of Garmian University},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2019},
	month = {07-2019},
	pages = {330 - 338},
	abstract = {<p>Head\&nbsp; lice, Pediculus humanus capitis De\&nbsp; Geer\&nbsp; infestation\&nbsp; is\&nbsp; one\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; most imp ortant\&nbsp; health\&nbsp; p roblems\&nbsp; throughout\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; world.\&nbsp; The\&nbsp; aim\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; current\&nbsp; study was to estimate the p revalence of head lice amon g local p rimary\&nbsp; school\&nbsp; childr en\&nbsp; in\&nbsp; Kalar\&nbsp; district-Kurdistan,\&nbsp; Iraq\&nbsp; and\&nbsp; find\&nbsp; out\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; relationship\&nbsp;\&nbsp; between\&nbsp; head\&nbsp; lice infestation and an xiety .During the p eriod October 2018 to M ay\&nbsp; 2019, an overall 8847p rimary\&nbsp;\&nbsp; school\&nbsp; children\&nbsp; aged\&nbsp; (6-11\&nbsp; y ears)\&nbsp; were\&nbsp; randomly\&nbsp;\&nbsp; selected\&nbsp; from (22) p rimary\&nbsp; schools and examin ed for the p resence of head liceusin g lice co mb\&nbsp; and\&nbsp; magnify in g\&nbsp; lenses.\&nbsp; Results\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; current\&nbsp; study\&nbsp;\&nbsp; revealed\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; existence\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; 1277cases\&nbsp; (14.43\%)\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; infestation\&nbsp; with P.\&nbsp; humanus\&nbsp; capitis.\&nbsp; The\&nbsp; rate\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; infection\&nbsp; in\&nbsp; girls\&nbsp; was\&nbsp; signif icantly\&nbsp;\&nbsp; high er\&nbsp; than\&nbsp; boy s\&nbsp; P\&lt;0.05.\&nbsp; Schools\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the center\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; Kalar\&nbsp; had\&nbsp; higher\&nbsp; p revalence\&nbsp; rate\&nbsp; than\&nbsp; those\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; sub-districts.\&nbsp; The high est\&nbsp; rate\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; infection\&nbsp; was\&nbsp; observed\&nbsp; amon g\&nbsp; childr en\&nbsp; aged\&nbsp; 10-11\&nbsp; y ears\&nbsp; while the\&nbsp; lowest\&nbsp; rate\&nbsp; was\&nbsp; observed\&nbsp; in\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; y ounger\&nbsp; children\&nbsp; 6-7\&nbsp; y ears.\&nbsp; Variations\&nbsp; in\&nbsp; infection\&nbsp; rates\&nbsp; were\&nbsp; observed\&nbsp; in the\&nbsp; differ ent\&nbsp; investigated\&nbsp; schools.\&nbsp; There\&nbsp; was\&nbsp; a great\&nbsp; correlation\&nbsp; between\&nbsp; number\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; students\&nbsp; in\&nbsp; class\&nbsp; and\&nbsp; infection\&nbsp; rate\&nbsp; P\&lt;0.05. In\&nbsp; addition,\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; study\&nbsp;\&nbsp; showed\&nbsp; relationship\&nbsp;\&nbsp; between\&nbsp; head\&nbsp; lice\&nbsp; and\&nbsp; an xiety . Accordin gly ,\&nbsp; 66\&nbsp; \%\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; infested\&nbsp; children\&nbsp; had\&nbsp; moderate\&nbsp; an xiety .\&nbsp; Findings\&nbsp; of this study\&nbsp; suggest that head\&nbsp; lice\&nbsp; infestation is within the ep idemic\&nbsp; level\&nbsp; in Kalar.</p>
},
	keywords = {Anxiety, head lice, Kalar, P revalence, school children},
	doi = {10.24271/garmian.196226},
	url = {http://jgu.garmian.edu.krd/article_92059.html},
	author = {Omer Mahmood Amin and Halmat Faieeq D. Mahmood and Awat A. Muhammed and Sawsan A. Hussein and Layla O. Mohammed and Bahar W. Rostam}
}
