Prevalence of Tinea Capitis among School Children in Nok Community of Kaduna State, Nigeria

In recent years, the prevalence of tinea capitis, an infection of the scalp by dermatophytes, has increased in children worldwide. This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and risk factor of tinea capitis among school children in Nok community of Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of 100 children were screened and 45% were diagnosed to have tinea capitis after fungal culture and microscopy. The prevalence of tinea capitis among girls was higher (51.4%) than that among boys (41.5%) but not significantly different (p=0.402). The prevalence with respect to age was lower for the age group 5–10 years (42.6%) than that of 11–15 years (50%) but was not significantly different (p=0.524).Trichophyton rubrum(28.8%) andMicrosporum canis(22.7%) were the most prevalent dermatophytes isolated and the least wereTrichophyton verrucosum(4.5%) andTrichophyton tonsurans(4.5%). There were 73.3% single infection while 26.7% had 2–4 dermatophytes of the generaMicrosporumandTrichophyton. The predisposing factors with statistically significant association with tinea capitis were number of children in the family (p=0.02) and sharing of the same bed (p=0.002). This indicates the high tendencies of spread of tinea capitis through human-to-human mode of transmission and possible animal contact. Community health education on the cause, mode of transmission, prevention, and prompt treatment of tinea capitis is recommended.

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Prevalence and Etiologic Agents of Dermatophytosis among Primary School Children in Harari Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal of Mycology ◽

10.1155/2016/1489387 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alem Alemayehu ◽

Gebremedhin Minwuyelet ◽

Gizachew Andualem

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Tinea Capitis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Grade Levels ◽

Regional State ◽

Hair Samples ◽

Group 5

Dermatophytes are worldwide in distribution and dermatophytosis is a common problem in developing countries. It can occur in both sexes and all ages but the diseases are more common in school children. This study attempted to determine the prevalence and etiological agents of dermatophyte infections of hair, skin, and nail among primary school children in Harari Regional State from April to June 2015. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 428 primary school children. Skin scrapings, hair samples, and nail clippings were collected from children who showed dermatophytosis. All specimens were subjected to microscopic examination and culture. Following a meticulous collection, data was analysed using SPSS version 21. Of the 428 school children, 211 (49%) male and 217 (51%) female, 100 (23.4%) had culture confirmed dermatophytosis and tinea capitis took the overall prevalence of 18% (77/428). Trichophyton violaceum was isolated from 43 samples, followed by Trichophyton rubrum in 24. The highest prevalence of dermatophytosis was seen in the age group 5–9 years and grade levels of 1-2 (p<0.05). As a result, this study found a high prevalence of dermatophytosis in the Harari’s Regional State school children and tinea capitis was the predominant clinical finding which needs an intervention.

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Prevalence of hypertension among school children in Kashmir, India

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20192899 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 2675

Author(s):

Rais A. Bhat ◽

Wasim A. Wani ◽

Sheeraz A. Dar ◽

Khurshid A. Wani

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Blood Pressure Measurement ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Lifestyle Modifications ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Obesity Epidemic ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

One Year

Background: Over the last two decades, there has been increased awareness that hypertension in children may be a part of the spectrum of essential hypertension mainly linked to obesity epidemic. An increasing number of children and adolescents are being diagnosed with hypertension. Objectives of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension among apparently healthy school children residing in the valley of Kashmir.Methods: It was a community based cross sectional study was done over a period of one year in School going children aged 11 to 16 years from both urban and rural areas of Kashmir valley.Results: Thus, prevalence of hypertension was 5.1% and prevalence of prehypertension was 9.3%. Out of total 1600 children 1464 (91.5%) had a normal BMI, 72 (4.5%) were overweight and 64 (4%) were obese. In the prehypertensive group 114 (77%) had normal BMI, 18 (12.16%) were overweight and 16 (10.8%) were obese. In the hypertensive group 30 (36.6%) had normal BMI, 26 (31.7%) were overweight and 26 (31.7%) were obese.Conclusions: Our study reveals that hypertension is not uncommon in Kashmiri children. With globalization bringing more lifestyle modifications, children are exposed to multiple risk factors including obesity and family history of hypertension. We need to make people aware of these facts so that blood pressure measurement could be a part of routine health care check-up in children to detect it early and do necessary interventions.

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Knowledge, attitude and practices related to prevention of parasitic infestations among school children in an urban area of Kancheepuram district

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190602 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 1152

Author(s):

S. Hariharan

Keyword(s):

Urban Area ◽

School Children ◽

Good Practice ◽

Data Entry ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Microsoft Office

Background: Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play an important role in the increased burden of communicable diseases in developing countries. The aim and objectives of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices related to prevention of parasitic infestations among school children in an urban area of Kancheepuram district. Formulation of suitable preventive measures based on the inferences derived from the study.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on school children belonging to standard sixth to eighth of Sree Lakshmi Ammal school, Chrompet. The study period was from August 1st to 4th 2018. The sample size obtained was 210. Convenient sampling method was used to collect the sample. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding knowledge, attitude and practices related to prevention of parasitic infestations among school children. Assessment of personal hygiene was done by scoring system. Data entry was done in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and data was analysed by SPSS version 22.Results: Total number of children participated in the present study were 210. Among the children participated in the present study, 92.4% of children had a good knowledge of personal hygiene, 96.7% of children had a positive attitude towards personal hygiene and 81.4% of children had a good practice of personal hygiene.Conclusions: Nearly half of the children involved in the study practised open defecation, so they should be given proper health education regarding usage of sanitary latrines.

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The Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms in School Children: A Highly Consanguineous Community

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(09)70622-4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (S1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

A. Bener

Keyword(s):

School Performance ◽

School Children ◽

Attention Deficit ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Government

Objective:The objective of the present study was to find the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity (ADH) symptoms in a highly consanguineous community.Design:A cross sectional study was conducted during October 2006 - January 2007.Subjects and methods:A total of 2500 primary school students, aged 6-12 years were randomly selected from the government primary schools and 1869 students (74.8%) gave consent to participate in this study.Results:Of the students surveyed, 50.7% were boys and 49.3% girls. The data revealed that 158 boys [16.7%; 95%CI (14.4-19.2] and 50 girls [5.4%;95%CI (4.1-7.1)] scored above the cut-off (≥15) for ADH symptoms, thus giving an overall prevalence of [11.1%; 95%CI (9.7-12.6)]. The Children who had higher score for ADH symptoms were in the age group 6-9 years. Children who had higher score for ADH symptoms had school performance poorer than those with lower scores (P=0.002). 200 children (96.2%) with ADH were disobedient, 60.6% noisy and hyperactive, 36.5% very cranky, 37.5% troublesome and 37.9% nervous. The logistic regression identified in our study that socio-economic condition, number of children, school performance and poor relationship between parents were the main contributors for ADH. This shows that the consanguinity has no impact on ADH children.Conclusion:The study revealed that ADH symptoms are found to be a common problem among the school children in Qatar. A significant difference was found between children with and without ADHD for their behaviour.

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Study of hearing impairment and chronic otitis media in school going children in Pokhara, Nepal

Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/jpahs.v4i2.24578 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 9-13

Author(s):

Jayandra Byanju ◽

Chhanchu Gopal Saha

Keyword(s):

Hearing Impairment ◽

Otitis Media ◽

School Children ◽

Bone Conduction ◽

Chronic Otitis Media ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Tympanic Membrane Perforation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Government School ◽

Number Of Children

Introductions: Hearing loss and chronic otitis media among school-aged children in developing countries is reported to be a significant health problem. This problem in children influences the overall development of behavioral and communication skills. The main objective of this study was to study the hearing impairment and chronic otitis media in school going children in Pokhara. Methods: This was a cross sectional study done in Pokhara district, Kaski, Western Region Nepal in two private schools and one government school of Pokhara, selected randomly. All these children were interviewed for history taking and the examinations included tuning fork examination (Rinne’s, Weber’s and absolute bone conduction tests) and examination of the ear using otoscope. Results: A total of 215 school children were included in the study. The mean age was 12.04 (SD=1.108), male 48.4% and female 51.6%. Hearing impairment was found in 21.4% and chronic otitis media in 9.8%. Among hearing impairment, 71.7% had conductive and 28.3% had sensorineural type of hearing losses. Out of total number of children, 12.1% had tympanic membrane perforation. Conclusions: The prevalence of hearing impairment was seen in one fifth and chronic otitis media in one tenth of local school children of Pokhara city, Nepal. Country wide prevalence and causes for preventive measures should be studied.

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The Prevalence of Ocular Allergy and Comorbidities in Chinese School Children in Shanghai

BioMed Research International ◽

10.1155/2017/7190987 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yanqing Feng ◽

Xiangning Wang ◽

Fang Wang ◽

Rongming Liu ◽

Lu Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

School Children ◽

Young Group ◽

Population Based ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Ocular Allergy ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Chinese School

Objective. To investigate the prevalence and features of ocular allergy (OA) and comorbidities among school children in Shanghai, China. Methods. This was a population-based cross-sectional study. Each participant completed an ISAAC-based questionnaire. The prevalence of OA symptoms, allergic rhinitis (AR) asthma, atopic dermatitis (AD), and sensitization to mites, pollen, and food was analyzed. Results. A total of 724 and 942 completed questionnaires from the 7–9-year-old (young group) and the 12–14-year-old (teen group) groups were analyzed, respectively. The overall prevalence of OA symptoms was 28%. However, more young students (10.6%) reported mild to severe daily life interference caused by OA than the teens (5.7%). The young group had higher prevalence of diagnosed allergic conjunctivitis (10.2%). The overall prevalence of AR symptom, diagnosed asthma, and diagnosed AD was 40.4%, 11.6%, and 16.7%, respectively. Young children had higher prevalence of diagnosed AR and AD than the teens. There were gender associated differences in the prevalence of AR and asthma among young children, but not among the teens. The comorbidities associated with OA was also analyzed. Sensitization to mites, food, and pollen was associated with higher prevalence of allergic conditions. Conclusions. OA together with other allergic conditions affected a significant number of children in Shanghai.

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Dental Arch Width in Children and Relationship to their Oral Habits

Bangladesh Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics ◽

10.3329/bjodfo.v7i1.43688 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 6-11

Author(s):

Kohinur Akther ◽

Md Zakir Hossain

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Dental Arch ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Oral Habits ◽

Arch Width ◽

Bangladeshi Population ◽

Dental Arch Width

Aim: Objectives: To analyze variations in dental arch width in relation to oral habits. Materials and Methods : Cross sectional study was carried out Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics of Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka with a total number of 600 primary school children of 3-6 years ages of Bangladeshi population. Results: This study was a cross sectional study conducted among the 600 children with 3-6 years old prima- ry school children of Bangladeshi population. According to present study, bottle feeding causes significant reduction in maxillary intercanine width and mouth breathers show significant reduction of both arches. Conclusion: It was observed that the children who had used a bottle had a significant reduction in maxillary intercanine width. Breathing through mouth appeared to be associated with a reduction in the size of both arches. This was more significant in the maxillary intercanine , mandibular intercanine and mandibular molar widths. Therefore to prevent malocclusions, the public should be informed of the harm caused by certain oral habits, the benefits of breast-feeding, and the need to correct bad habits at early life. Ban J Orthod & Dentofac Orthop, April 2016; Vol-7 (1-2), P.6-11

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