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

Table 1

Demographic data and other factors in relation to tinea capitis among school children in Nok community, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Factor	Subcategory	Number of children with tinea capitis	Total number of children	p value
Gender	Male	27 (41.5)	65	0.402
	Female	18 (51.4)	35
Age group (years)	5–10	29 (45.3)	64	0.524
	11–15	16 (44.4)	36
Family size	1–5	28 (37.8)	74	0.022
	5–10	17 (65.4)	26
Father’s level of education	None	2 (66.7)	3	0.100
	Primary	3 (30.0)	10
	Secondary	31 (41.3)	75
	Tertiary	9 (75.0)	12
Mother’s level of education	None	1 (100.0)	1	0.414
	Primary	12 (38.7)	31
	Secondary	28 (45.2)	62
	Tertiary	4 (66.7)	6
Awareness about tinea capitis	Yes	35 (47.3)	74	0.497
	No	10 (38.5)	26
Hair cut at barbing salons	Yes	19 (46.3)	41	0.280
	No	12 (35.3)	34
	No response	14 (56.0)	25
Sharing beds with other person(s)	Yes	36 (57.1)	63	0.002
	No	9 (24.3)	37
Sharing combs with other person(s)	Yes	38 (48.1)	79	0.188
	No	6 (30.0)	20
	No response	1 (100.0)	1
Sharing caps or scarves with other person(s)	Yes	23 (54.8)	42	0.107
	No	22 (37.9)	58
Sharing towels with other person(s)	Yes	33 (47.1)	70	0.661
	No	12 (40.0)	30
Presence of domestic animals at home	Yes	42 (44.7)	94	1.00
	No	3 (50.0)	6
Carrying objects on bare head	Yes	41 (45.6)	90	1.00
	No	4 (40)	10
Previous treatment	Yes	16 (43.2)	37	0.624
	No	29 (46.8)	62
	No response	0 (0)	1

Significantly different ( defined as the minimum level of significance).