Association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal worm infection in primary school children

  • Sri Alemina Ginting
  • Isra Firmansyah
  • Dedi Satria Putra
  • Dachrul Aldy
  • Syahril Pasaribu
  • Chairuddin P Lubis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi44.3.2004.106-10
Keywords: intestinal worm infection, socioeconomic status, primary school children

Abstract

Background In Indonesia, medical problems are indicated by
diseases associated with low socioeconomic status. The preva-
lence of intestinal worm is still high in Indonesia.
Objective The purpose of this study was to find the association
between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal
worm infection.
Methods A cross sectional study was done on 120 primary school
children in Suka Village, Karo District, North Sumatra Province.
Subjects were selected by means of random sampling. Kato Katz
method was used in stool examination. Socioeconomic status was
referred from the Survey Keluarga Sejahtera (Wealth Family Sur-
vey) 1998 by the BKKBN (the National Coordination Board on
Family Planning). Data of socioeconomic status were collected by
interview using a questionnaire and analyzed by chi square test; p
value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Results Eighty-four subjects (70%) suffered from intestinal worm
infection. There was no significant association between either age
(p=0.811) or nutritional status (p=0.792) and intestinal worm infec-
tion, but there was significant association between sex and intes-
tinal worm infection (p=0.028). There was also association between
intestinal worm infection and father’s education (p=0.044). Mother’s
occupation had a significant association with intestinal worm in-
fection (p=0.001), but father’s occupation (p=0.474) did not. Nei-
ther parents’ income (p=0.429) nor socioeconomic status (p=0.098)
was associated with intestinal worm infection.
Conclusion There was significant association between intestinal
worm infection and sex, father’s education or mother’s occupation

Author Biographies

Sri Alemina Ginting
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia
Isra Firmansyah
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia
Dedi Satria Putra
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia
Dachrul Aldy
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia
Syahril Pasaribu
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia
Chairuddin P Lubis
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of
North Sumatera, Medan, Indonesia

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Ginting S, Firmansyah I, Putra D, Aldy D, Pasaribu S, Lubis C. Association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of intestinal worm infection in primary school children. PI [Internet]. 10Oct.2016 [cited 13Nov.2024];44(3):106-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/746
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