Prevalence of Scabies and its Related Risk Factors in Duhok City, Iraq | ||
| Ain Shams Medical Journal | ||
| Volume 76, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 230-236 PDF (667.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asmj.2025.314772.1302 | ||
| Authors | ||
| shameeran salman ismail* 1; Nafal Jamil Sadiq Barwary2; Bayram Dawod Ahmed3; Kawa Muhamad Ameen Marof3; Shamsa Hassan Khwasti4; Kareen Omar Lavu4; Khadija Elyas Hassan5; Hozan Muhammed Ali4 | ||
| 1Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Health Sciences, Duhok University, Duhok, Iraq | ||
| 2Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq | ||
| 3Department of Anesthesia Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq | ||
| 4Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq | ||
| 5Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence rate of scabies infestation and its associated risk factors in Duhok City, Iraq. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 628 patients (317 females and 311 males) with skin lesions who attended the Department of Dermatology at Azadi Teaching Hospital from October 2023 to January 2024.The diagnosis of scabies identified by dermatologists, depends on the presence of skin lesions, itching, and the region of lesions throughout the body. Each patient's entire body was evaluated.The current study reported a high rate of scabies (60.7%) which was higher in females than males across all age groups (≤ one year to ≥ 50 years), and it decreased with the increase of age. The infestation rate was particularly high in October, November, December of 2023, and January of 2024. Several factors associated with the prevalence of scabies including patients' residence (urban or rural) (65.6%, and 34.4%); the duration of itching; the majority of patients experienced itching ≤ 1 month, followed by 1-4 and >4 months (62.7%, 27.3%, and 10.0%) respectively, and the time of itching as follow: at night, during the day, and both at night and during the day (68.2%,23.4% and 8.4%), had contact with animals or not (65.6%, 64.4%). Furthermore, the study indicated that the prevalence rate based on the skin lesion's location through the patient's body as follows: whole body, abdomen, legs, chest, hand, and face (36.0%, 22.7%, 16.9%, 13.0%, 10.1%, and 1.3%) respectively. It is included, that there was a high rate of infestation of scabies in Duhok City, and to eliminate this high rate, it is recommended to improve the methods of prevention and security and supply effective treatment. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Duhok; human; prevalence; risk factors; scabies | ||
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