Factors Associated with Liver Fluke Infection among People Aged 40 Years and Above at Chumphae District, Khon Kaen Province :ปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับการติดเชื้อพยาธิใบไม้ตับในประชาชนอายุ 40 ปีขึ้นไป อำเภอชุมแพ จังหวัดขอนแก่น
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This study aimed to investigate the factors correlated with liver fluke infection in the population aged 40 years old and over in Chumphae District, Khon Kaen province. The data was collected from 1 October 2014 - 30 September 2015. For the cases studied through verbal screening method, it was found that the number of the people with liver fluke eggs and those without liver fluke eggs was the same, 197. The data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics. The correlations between factors and liver fluke infection were analyzed by multiple logistic regression.
The results of the study indicated that the correlated factors were educational level; Non-educated and primary school graduates were 0.44 times risk to acquire infection than high school graduates and higher education graduates (ORadj= 0.44, 95%CI: 0.26-0.72, p-value < 0.001). The duration of living in the area; People who had lived in the area longer than 20 years were 2.53 times risk to acquire infection of those who lived in the area less than 20 years (ORadj= 2.53, 95%CI: 1.07-6.00, p-value = 0.034). The awareness on the severity of liver fluke; The low awareness group had 2.05 times risk to acquire liver fluke infection of high awareness group (ORadj= 2.05, 95%CI: 1.17-3.61, p-value = 0.012) and the practice behavior on preventing liver fluke infection; The occasionally practice group was1.61 times risk to acquire liver fluke infection of the regular practice group (ORadj= 1.61, 95%CI: 1.05-2.49, p-value = 0.029).
Keyword : Liver Fluke, Liver Fluke Infection, Aged 40 years and above
