Prevalence and determinants of scabies among school-age children in Central Armachiho district, Northwest, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scabies is a major global public health issue that might affect people from all socioeconomic levels. Globally, scabies affects more than 200 million people at any time. It remains one of the commonest skin diseases seen in developing countries including Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of scabies among school-age children in Central Armachiho district, Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August to September 2020. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 850 study populations. Data was checked for its completeness, coded, and entered by using EPI-INFO version 7 and exported to the SPSS version 20 for analysis. A Binary logistic regression model was fitted t

SUBMITTER: Misganaw B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197047 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature