Personal Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Factors that Influence the Incidence of Scabies in Al-Bayan

Abstract

Introduction: The scabies is a skin disease caused by an infestation of Sarcoptes scabies mites. The scabies prevalence in Makassar city health profile in 2012 was 8 of 10 major diseases with a huge 6.63 %. Methods: Analytical description with cross-sectional design. Data was collected through interviews using personal hygiene questionnaires and environmental sanitation observation sheets.  The sample for this study was total sampling, a total of 67 junior high school Al Bayan Hidayatullah students were selected. Results: Chi-square test results that showed that there was a relationship between skin hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.000), there was a relationship between hand hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.014), there was a relationship between nail hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.023), there is a relationship between clothing hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.000), there is a relationship between towel hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.006), there is no relationship between bed and bed linen hygiene and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.095 ), There is no relationship between environmental sanitation and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.538), There is no relationship between residential density and the incidence of scabies (p-value = 0.538). Conclusion: Improve personal hygiene and improve environmental sanitation so that they can avoid scabies as early as possible.