Epidemiology of scabies among primary school children in Quetta

Aim: to assess the prevalence of scabies in primary school children and to identify the factors responsible for scabies. design: observational descriptive study duration of study: one month place and duration of study: study was conducted at institute of public health,lahore and data were collected in the month of from 15 december,2014 to 15 january,2015 from primary school children of ward no.13 of zarghon town,quetta . methods: it was descriptive study in which 230 primary school children of ward no.13 of zarghon town,quetta were included. data were collected through questionnaire,which was analyzed on using spss ver.17.0. frequencies and percentages were calculated and data was presented in tables. results: in boys,majority number of the students were from class 3 and 4,40(34.8%) in each class and 35(30.4%) were students of class-5. similarly in girls,majority number of students 40(34.8%) were of class-3 and class-4 each and 35(30.4%) number were students of class-5. students age range from 8yrs to more than 10yrs. conclusion: main stream of the boys and girls were living in extended family system and less than half of children had skin rashes while boys were in majority than girls children,received treatment after diagnosis.