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 6
Comparison of incidence of STHs at 48th week for both interventions according to parasite species.
LGAs
Schools
New cases (point prevalence in %) (incidence per month at 12th month of follow-up)
STHs
A
H
S
Deworming
Ankpa
Ikanekpo
42
4 (9.5)(0.33)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
4 (9.5)(0.33)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Idah
Ukwaja
32
1 (3.1)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
1 (3.1)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Ofu
Alome-Umomi
24
2 (8.3)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
2 (8.3)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Omala
Opada
24
2 (8.3)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
2 (8.3)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Omala
Central Abejukolo
35
1 (2.9)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
1 (2.9)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
157
10 (6.4)(0.83)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
10 (6.4)(0.83)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Deworming and health education
Dekina
Olubojo
26
1 (3.9)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
1 (3.9)(0.08)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Igalamela
Ogbogbo 2
30
3 (10.0)(0.25)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
3 (10.0)(0.25)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Ofu
Ejule 2
40
2 (5.0)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
2 (5.0)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Omala
Agbenema-Ife
36
4 (11.1)(0.33)
1 (2.8)(0.08)
3 (8.3)(0.25)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
Omala
Islamiya Abejukolo
35
2 (5.7)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
2 (5.7)(0.17)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
167
12 (7.2)(1.00)
1 (0.6)(0.08)
11 (6.6)(0.92)
0 (0.0)(0.00)
-test was calculated between interventions
-0.547
-1.000
-0.324
NA
df
8
8
8
NA
value
0.599 ns
0.347 ns
0.754 ns
NA
: number examined; STHs: soil-transmitted helminths; A: Ascaris lumbricoides; H: hookworms; S: Strongyloides stercoralis; ns: not significant at ; NA: not available.
