Association between Mothers’ Characteristics, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice and Intestinal Helminthes Infection on Children
Abstract: The prevalence of
soil-transmitted helminthes infection in Indonesia is still high, especially in
children aged 3 to 8 years old. Helminthes infection cause loss of nutrition,
delay physical development, intelligence, and labor productivity and decrease
immunity. Mothers’ characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice are some
of the factors that influence the occurrence of intestinal helminthes infection
on children. This study was aimed to find the association between mothers’
characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice and the occurrence of
intestinal helminthes infection on children.
Methods: The study was conducted at Jatinangor Cohort’s research center
from August to September 2014 using cross sectional analysis. One hundred and
forty five secondary data were collected using validated questionnaire that
filled by mothers and results of feces on children were tested. The amount of
data excluded due to incomplete was 8, the data utilized was then analyzed by
Chi Square evaluation.
Results: Mothers’ characteristics such as age (P = 0.611), education (P =
0.952), occupation (P = 0.876), income (P = 0.199), and knowledge (P = 0.424;
OR = 1.333), attitude (P = 0.236; OR = 0.808), practice (P = 0.333; OR = 4.625)
did not have a significant association with the occurrence of intestinal
helminthes infection on children.
Conclusions: Characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice of the
mothers towards the intestinal helminthes infection do not associate with the
occurrence of intestinal helminthes infection on children.
Keywords: Attitude,
characteristics, intestinal helminthes infection, knowledge, practice
Author: Nadhira Permata
Hakiki, Lia Faridah, Meita Dhamayanti
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160245
