Evaluation of School-Based Health Education Intervention on the Incidence of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Pupils of Rural Communities of Eastern Kogi State, North Central Nigeria
Table 3
Comparison of monthly incidence of STHs during 12 months of follow-up in Kogi East, Nigeria.
LGAs/intervention
Schools
n
New cases (incidence of STHs per month during follow-up)
4th week (1st month)
8th week (2nd month)
12th week (3rd month)
16th week (4th month)
20th week (5th month)
24th week (6th month)
28th week (7th month)
32nd week (8th month)
36th week (9th month)
40th week (10th month)
44th week (11th month)
48th week (12th month)
Deworming only
Ankpa
Ikanekpo
42
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
2 (0.25)
2 (0.22)
2 (0.20)
4 (0.36)
4 (0.33)
Idah
Ukwaja
32
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.09)
1 (0.08)
Ofu
Alome-Umomi
24
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.11)
1 (0.10)
2 (0.18)
2 (0.17)
Omala
Opada
24
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.14)
1 (0.13)
1 (0.11)
1 (0.10)
2 (0.18)
2 (0.17)
Omala
Central Abejukolo
35
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.14)
1 (0.13)
1 (0.11)
1 (0.10)
1 (0.09)
1 (0.08)
Total
157
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
2 (0.29)
4 (0.50)
5 (0.56)
5 (0.50)
10 (0.91)
10 (0.83)
Deworming and health education
Dekina
Olubojo
26
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.09)
1 (0.08)
Igalamela
Ogbogbo 2
30
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
2 (0.29)
2 (0.25)
2 (0.22)
2 (0.20)
3 (0.27)
3 (0.25)
Ofu
Ejule 2
40
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1 (0.14)
1 (0.13)
1 (0.11)
1 (0.10)
2 (0.18)
2 (0.17)
Omala
Agbenema-Ife
36
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
2 (0.29)
3 (0.38)
3 (0.33)
3 (0.30)
4 (0.36)
4 (0.33)
Omala
Islamiya-Abejukolo
35
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
2 (0.29)
2 (0.25)
2 (0.22)
2 (0.20)
2 (0.18)
2 (0.17)
Total
167
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
7 (1.00)
8 (1.00)
8 (0.89)
8 (0.80)
12 (1.09)
12 (1.00)
-test was calculated between the two interventions
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
-2.160
-1.257
-1.000
-1.000
-0.535
-0.547
df
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
8
8
8
8
8
8
value
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
0.063 ns
0.244 ns
0.347 ns
0.347 ns
0.608 ns
0.599 ns
: number examined; ns: not significant at ; NA: not available.
