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1 ﻣ Research & Scientific Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences & Health Services ١٣٨١ Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 Vol 2, No 6, Jan - Mar 2003 ﺳ ١٣۸۰-۸۱ ٤ ٣ ٢ ٧ ١ ٦ ﻲ ٥ : ﺳﺮ : ۴۱۷ ﺗﻮﺳﻂ ﭘﺮﺳﺸﻨﺎﻣﻪ ﺟﻤﻊ SPSS 10 EPI2000 %۴۱/۲ : ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ ﻫﺎ (%۲۷/۸) ﻧﻔﺮ ۱۱۶ %۴۵/۲ ﺗﻨﻬﺎ %۷۴/۳ (%۱۲/۷) ﻧﻔـﺮ ۵۳ (%۲۸/۵) ﻧﻔـﺮ ۱۱۹ ـﺪ %۳۳/۶ ﺳﺮ (%۵) ﻧﻔﺮ ۲۱ : : - : - -۱-۲ NPH -٣-۶ ٤-۵ -۷

2 ۳۷ ﻣﻘﺪﻣﻪ %۱۰Hiletework [۱۲] ـﺖ ۱۰۰ Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 ﺑﺎﺷﺪ [۱] ۳-۱۱ ﻋﻼﻣﺖ % ۵۰ [۲-۶ ] Combescot ۴۱۷ ۱۹۷۴ ﺷﺒﺎﻧـ ﻋﻠﺖ ۱۳۸۰-۸۱ [۷] ﮔﺮﻓﺖ Downs ﺣﻲ [۸] ۱۰ [۹] ﻛﻨﺪ Bechelli Wu [۱۰] ـﺪ ﺗﻤﺎﻣﻲ [۱۱]

3 ۳۸ ﻣﺠﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻤﻲ ﻣﻌﺎﻳﻨـ ١٣٨١ ـ ﺪ ﻣـ ۱۳۸۰-۸۱ ـﻦ ﻣ ـ ﺨﻴﺺ ﻫﺮ )ﻣﻘﻨﻌﻪ ﺷﺎﻧﻪ ﺣﻮﻟﻪ ( : ۳۵۹ ۱۴۸ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۴۱/۲ ۱۶۲ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۴۵/۲ ﻣﺤﻞ ( ) ۴۱۴ ﻧﻔـ SPSS 10 ـﻪ ﺑـ ۲۸۵ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۶۸/۸ EPI 2000 ۱۲۹ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۳۱/۲ ﮔﺮﻓﺘﻨﺪ ﺑﺮ ﻧ ANOVA ۴۱۰ ۴۰۱ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۹۷/۸ ﻛﻪ ﻛﻤﺘﺮ ۹ ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ ﻫﺎ ﻣﻴـﺎﻧـﮕﻴـﻦ ﺳﻨـ ) (Mean SD ﺳـ ﻣﺤـ ـﺪﮔــ ۳۳۶ ﻧﻔــﺮ ۸ %۱۰/۳ %۷۴/۳ ﻫﺮ ﻟﺤﻈـ ۱ ﺟﻤﻊ ﻛﻞ ( ) ۵ ﻧﺪ ۲۳۰ ﻧـﻔﺮ ) (%۵۵/۲ ﻧﻔﺮ ﻫـ %۲۵/ ۸۱ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۱۹/۴ ۱۷۹ ﻧﻔﺮ) (%۴۲/۹ ۱۱۶ ﻧﻔﺮ ) (%۲٨ ۱۴/۷ ۲/۴۴ ــ ) (%۸۰/۶ ﺟﻤﻊ ۵۳ ﻧﻔـﺮ %۳۳/۶ ﭘﺎﺳﺦ ﻣ ﻣﻘﻨﻌﻪ ﺷﺎﻧﻪ ﺣﻮﻟﻪ ﻣﻘﻨﻌﻪ ﺷﺎﻧﻪ ﺣﻮﻟﻪ ﻣﻘﻨﻌﻪ ﺷﺎﻧﻪ ﺣﻮﻟﻪ ١/٢ ٣١/٧ ٤٦/٨ ٥٠/٤ ٥ ١٣٢ ١٩٥ ٢١٠ ٦٤/٣ ٥١/١ ٤٠/٨ ٩٦ ٩٧/٩ ٩١/٢ ٣٩٢ ٢٦٨ ٢١٣ ١٧٠ ٩٤ ٣٩٧ ٤٠٠ ٤٠٨ ٣٨٠ ٩٥/٢ ٤ ٢/١ ٨/٨ ٢٠ ١٧ ٩ ٣٧ ٤/٨ ١٠٠ ١٠٠ ١٠٠ ٤١٧ ٤١٧ ٤١٧ ٤١٧ ١٠٠ Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018

4 ۳۹ ٢ Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 ﺗ (P<0001 & F=2287) (P<0001 & Chi-sq=266) ۱۱۹ ٢٧/٨ ١١٦ ٧٢/٢ ٣٠١ ٠/٢ ١ ٩٩/٨ ٤١٦ ٠ ٠ ١٠٠ ٤١٧ ١ ٤ ٩٩ ٤١٣ ۱۱۷ %۱/۲ %۳۵/۵ (P<0001 & Chi-sq=372) %۳۳/۳ ٢/٩ ١٢ ٩٧/١ ٤٠٥ ٠/٥ ٢ ٩٩/٥ ٤١٥ ٠/٥ ٢ ٩٩/٥ ٤١٥ (%۱۲/۷) %۲۵/۴ (%۲۸/۵) ﻧﻔﺮ ۱۱۹ ۳/۳۷ %۳۷/۴ (۲) (%۵) ﻧﻔﺮ ۲۱ %۴/۹ ﻨﻬـﺎ ۳ (P<0001 & Chi-sq=32) Phi ﺿﺮﻳﺐ ۰/۱۷ ۰/۱۴ ـﻪ ﻣﻌﻨـ ـﺪ ـﺎﻫـ ﻣﻨـ ﺑـ (P=0002 & Chi-sq=917) %۴۹/۱ %۲۵/۹ (P=0001 & Chi-sq=1211)

5 ١٣٨١ ﻣﺠﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻤﻲ ۴۰ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﻌﻪ ﻫﺴﺘﻨﺪ ۲ ۱ Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 ۱ Mumcuoglu ۳۰۷۹ [۱۳] 160 ۴-۱۱ 140 Clore ـﺮ ﺳﺎﻟﮕـ ۵-۱۲ ـﻦ 120 ﺑﻴﺸﺘـﺮ ﺑﻴﻤـ [۱۴] ﻧﻤـ Pai Std Dev = ۱۲۰۰۰ Mean = 146 N = ۶ AGE ۱۲ ۹-۱۲ ٢ [۱۵] ۱۰۰۰ Suleman 40 ۵-۱۹ [۱۶] 10 Std Dev = 177 Mean = 138 Magra Saenz de Buruaga ۲۳۶۲۴ N = DISAGE ۹-۱۱ [۱۷] ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻒ ۱۱-۱۵ ﺗﻌ Tesfayohannes [۱۸] ﺑﺤﺚ ۶-۱۰ ۱۲ ـﻦ %۲۸/۵ ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ۱۷ ﺗﺎ ۱۲ ﺳﻦ ـﺮ ﻛﺎﻫﺶ ﺳـ ﻛﺎﻫﺶ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ (۳ )

6 ۴۱ %۱۴/۴ %٥٨/۹ ﻫـ [۱۵] Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 ﻣـ Mumcuoglu ـﻪ ٣ ﺣﺠﻢ ﻧﻤﻮﻧﻪ (%) ٢٤/٤ ٢٩٠٠٠ ٣٦/٧ ١٠٠٢ [۱۶] Suleman M, et al ٥٥/٤ ١٨٤٢ [۴۰] Dagnew MB, et al ٩/٩ ٧٧٩ ٢٣/٤ ٣٠٧٩ ٩/٣٩ ٢٣٦٢٤ ٤٦ ٢٢٨٧ ٣١/٦-٣٢/٦ ٢٣١٢ ٠/١-٣/١ ٢٨٩٦ ١٧/١ ١٢٧٠ ﻛﻨﻴﺎ [۳۲] Chunge RN ١/٥-٨/٧ ٢٤٢٣ ﻧﻴﺠﺮﻳﻪ [۲۵] Ogunrinade AF, et al ١٢/٩ ٤١١٢ ٥٠ ٣١٩ ١٣/٤ ٢٥١٩ ١٢/٨ ٢٧٢٥ ٣٣/٧ ٤٥٦ ١٨/٥ [۱۵] Pai KS et al [۴۲] Volcsik R, et al [۱۳] Mumcuoglu KY, et al ﺳﭙﺎﻧﻴﺎ [۳۹] Sulemam M, et al [۴۱] Awahmukalah DS, et al ﻧﻴﺠﺮﻳﻪ [۲۴] Ebmoyi E [۲۷] Sinniah B, et al - ﮔﺎﻧﺎ [۲۸] - Kwaku -kpikpi JE [۱۹] Amr ZS, et al [۲٠ ] Fan PC, et al [۲۱] Speare R, et al ٢٢٠٩ ٤/١٤ [۱۷] Magra Saenz de Buruga G, et al ﺳﺎﻟﻪ ٤-١٥ ٥٣٤٧ [۲۲] Menan EI, et al ﻪ ﺗﺮﻛﻴﻪ [۲۳] Ilhan F, et al ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻄﻪ ٤/٤٨ ١٤/٦ ٢٠١٩ ﻳ [۳۳] [۱۳] ـﺎﻧﻪ ﻣ Ebmoyi [۲۴] Ogunrinade ﺑﺎﺷﺪ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﻌﻪ ﺣﺎﺿﺮ Grainger [۲۵] [۲۶] ﻧﻴﺰ Pai ـﺮ ﺷﻴـ

7 ١٣٨١ ۴۲ ﻣﺠﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻤﻲ ﺷﭙﺶ ﺑﻪ ] [۳۴ ـﻪ ] [٢٩ ١٦,٢٨ ﺖ ۵ /۳ ۴ /۸-۱ -۲-۳ ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﻌـ ﻳ ـﻪ ﻣﻌﻨـ ﻣﻄﻠﺐ ﺑﺎ ﻳﺎﻓﺘـ Chouela ] [۳٥ ۳٣ ۱۰ ﭘﺎﻳﻪ ] [۳۰ ﻫﺎ ﻣﻲ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ] [٣٦-٣٨ ٢٧-٢٩ ١٩ ١٦ ١٠ ﻣﺎﻧﻨـﺪ ﻣﻘﻨﻌﻪ ﺷﺎﻧﻪ ﻧﺸﺪ ] [٣٣ ـﻦ ﻣﻄﺎﺑﻘﺖ ] [۳٢ ۳١ ﺑﺎ ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ ﻫ ] [۳۳ Canyon Mumcuoglu ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﻣﻲ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ Mumcuoglu Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018

8 ۴۳ [۱۳] Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 [٣٩ ۲۷,٣٢] [٣٨ ۲۹,٣٣] ﻳ %۳۳ %۲۱ ﻣﻨﺎﺑﻊ ﺗﺎ ۱۸۱ ۱۳۸۰-۱ ۱۸۶ 2- Armoni M,Bibi H,Schlesinger M,Pollak S,Metzker A Pediculosis capitis: why prefer a solution to shampoo or spray? Pediatr Dermatol 1988 Nov; 5(4): Cordero C, Zaias N Clinical evaluation of pediculicidal and ovicidal efficacy of two pyrethrin piperonyl-butoxide formulations Clin Ther 1987; 9(5): Taplin D, Castillero PM, Spiegel J, Mercer S, Rivera AA, Schachner L Malathion for treatment of Pediculus humanus var capitis infestation JAMA 1982 Jun; 247(22): Namazi MR Levamisole: a safe and economical weapon against pediculosis Int J Dermatol 2001 Apr; 40(4): Manjrekar RR, Partridge SK, Korman AK, Barwick RS, Juranek DD Efficacy of 1% permethrin for the treatment of head louse infestations among Kosovar refugees Mil Med 2000 Sep; 165(9): Combescot C Current epidemiology of pediculosis capitis Bull Acad Natl Med 1990 Feb; 174(2): Downs AM, Stafford KA, Harvey I, Coles GC Evidence for double resistance to permethrin and malathion in head lice Br J Dermatol 1999 Sep; 141(3): ﭘﻴﺸﻨـ ﺟﺮ -۱-۲ -٣ ﻫﺎ -۴

9 Downloaded from jarumsarumsacir at 21:34 IRDT on Friday September 21st 2018 ١٣٨١ ﻣﺠﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻤﻲ ۴۴ Pediculus capitis infestation among aboriginal school children in northern Taiwan Kaohsiung J Med Sci 1999 Apr; 15(4): Speare R, Buettner PG Head lice in pupils of a primary school in Australia and implications for control Int J Dermatol 1999 Apr; 38(4): Menan EI, Guessan G, Kiki-Barro PC, Nebavi NG, Adjetey TA, Kone M Scalp pediculosis in school environment in the city of Abidjan: prevalence and influence of socioeconomic conditions Sante 1999 JanFeb; 9(1): Ilhan F, Budak S, Guruz AY The prevalence of pediculus humanus capitis among the students of a secondary and three elementary schools in Karsiyaka-Izmir, Turkey J Egypt Soc Parasitol1997 Apr; 27(1): Ebmoyi EPediculusis capitis among primary school children in urban and rural areas of Kwara State Nigeria J school Health 1988 Mar; 58(3): Ogunrinade AF,Oyjide CO Pediculusis capitis among rural and urban school children in NigeriaTrans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1984; 78(5): Grainger CRPediculus humanus capitis on children in Mahe, Seychelles Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg1980; 74(3): Sinniah B, Sinniah D, Rajeswari B Epidemiology and control of human head louse in Malaysia Trop Georgr Med 1983 Dec; 35(4): Kwaku-Kpikpi JE The incidence of the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) among pupils of two schools in Accra Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1982; 76(3): Slonka GF, Fleissner ML, Berlin J, Puleo J, Harrod EK, Schultz MG An epidemic of pediculosis capitisj Parasitol1977 Apr; 63(2): ۳۰ ٢٦ ﺗﺎ ٢٢ ۲۲ ١٣٧٥ 9- Chosidow O Scabies and pediculosis Lancet 2000 Mar; 355(9206): Bechelli LM, Haddad N, Pimenta WP, Pagnano PM, Melchior E, Fregnan RC, et al Epidemiological survey of skin diseases in school children living in the Purus Valley Dermatologica 1981; 163(1): Wu YH, Su HY, Hsieh YJ Survey of infectious skin diseases and skin infestations among primary school students of Taitung County, eastern Taiwan J Formos Med Assoc 2000 Feb; 99(2): Hiletework M Skin diseases seen in Kazanchis health center Ethiop Med J 1998 Oct; 36(4): Mumcuoglu KY, Miller J, Gofin R, Adler B, Ben-Ishai F, Almog R, et al Epidemiological studies on head lice infestation in Israel Parasitological examination of childrenint J Dermatol 1990 Sep;29(7): Clore ER, Longyear LA Comprehensive pediculosis screening programs for elementary schools J Sch Health 1990May; 60(5): Pai KS, Park MS, Lee YS, Kim DH, Chung KS, Lee KY, et al The prevalence of head louse infestation among urban and rural children in Korea Kisaengchunghak Chapchi 1989 Dec; 27(4): Suleman M, Jabeen NHead lice infestation in some urban localities of NWFP, Pakistan Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1989 Oct; 83(5): Magra Saenz de Buruaga G, Goiria Ormazabal JI, Lopez Martinez I, Perez Rodrigo C, Bonet Romero T, Caturla Latorre J Pediculosis capitis: epidemiologic study of school children in Bilbao Rev Sanid Hig Publica1989 Jan-Feb;63(1-2): Tesfayohannes T Prevalence of body lice in elementary school students in three Ethiopian towns at different altitudesethiop Med J 1989 Oct; 27(4): Amr ZS, Nusier MN Pediculosis capitis in northern JordanInt J Dermatol 2000 Dec; 39(12): Fan PC, Chung WC, Fan CK, Huang P, Yen CW Prevalence and treatment of

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