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Impact of the neglected Cysticercus cellulose infection on mental health among school-aged children in Tibetan agricultural areas / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) ; (12): 1137-1144, 2018.
Artículo en Chino | WPRIM | ID: wpr-813142
ABSTRACT
To determine the impact of Cysticercus cellulose (C. cellulose) infection on mental health among school-aged children in Tibetan agricultural areas of Sichuan Province.


Methods:

In October 2015, all primary schools located in Tibetan agricultural areas in Yajiang, Ruoergai, and Muli county of Sichuan Province were selected as the research sites. All school-aged children at five- and six-grade were enrolled for the study by a multistage stratified cluster sampling method. Antibodies against C. cellulose were detected. Mental Health Test and questionnaire survey were conducted for school-aged children to collect data. The impact of C. cellulose infection on mental health among school-aged children was analyzed with the multilevel linear regression.


Results:

A total of 2 453 school-aged children were investigated. The C. cellulose seropositive rate was 6.03% (148/2 453). There were 0.16% (4/2 453) patients with seropositive accompanied by seizure, 2.28% (56/2 453) with seropositive accompanied by headache, 2.08% (51/2 453) with seropositive accompanied by frequent weak, and 0.41% (10/2 453) were seropositive accompanied by frequent nausea. The rate of C. cellulose infection was 4.53% (111/2 453). The mean score of the mental health test was 6.59±2.61. There were significant difference in score of mental health test in children whose demographic characteristics were different. The mental health scores of school-aged children were clustered at the school level. After controlling the factors of demographic characteristics, the result of multilevel model demonstrated that the factor of school-aged children with C. cellulose seropositive accompanied by headache was statistically significant (β=1.14, P=0.017).


Conclusion:

The status of C. cellulose infection among school-aged children in Tibetan agricultural areas is not optimistic. C. cellulose infection has impacted on mental health of local school-aged children. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of C. cellulose infection in epidemic area.
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Cisticercosis / Estudios Seroepidemiológicos / Salud Mental / Epidemiología / Tibet / Cysticercus / Diagnóstico / Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico / Estudio pronóstico Límite: Animales / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Chino Revista: Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Cisticercosis / Estudios Seroepidemiológicos / Salud Mental / Epidemiología / Tibet / Cysticercus / Diagnóstico / Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico / Estudio pronóstico Límite: Animales / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Chino Revista: Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Artículo