寄生蟲의 管理 및 知識에 關한 調査 : 一部農村地域의 住民을 中心으로 = A surveyed on medical knowledge and control to parasitic infection among inhabitants at Gang-jin Gun in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this survey attempts were made to investigate the degree of medical knowledge and conrrol to parasitic infections from 632 inhabitants at Om-chun Myeon and Sin-jun Myeon, Gang-jin Gun, Chonnam, Korea for a month (from 1979, August 1st to 31th).
Major findings obtained from this survey can be summarized as followings :
1) Respondents who recognized all resources of parasitic infections wcre 8.2% (M : 12.8%, F:4.2%), who recognized them partially 68.5% (M : 77.8%, F : 60.3%) and who recognized none 23.3% (M : 9.4%, F : 35.5%).
2) 31.8% (M : 34%, F : 29.9%) of examiness after examination of parasites were reinfected with parasites, and 68.2% (M : 66.0%, F : 70.1%) of them not reinfected.
3) Examinees who were injured severely in their health by parasitic infections were 47.0% (M : 53.9%, F : 40.9%), 27.4% (M : 21.2%, F : 32.8%) with little injuries and 25.6% (M : 24.9%, F : 26.3%) with no injuries.
4) Only 0.3% (M : 0.7%) of respondents were given a stool test once a year and 99.7%(M : 99.3%, F : 100.0%) of thein were not made it.
5) 81.5% (M : 87.2%, F : 76.4%) of examinees did not believe in the results of the stool test and 4.3% (M : 2.7%, F : 5.7%) of them were not confident it and it was not known by 14.2% (M : 10.1%, F : 17.9%) of them.
6) 3.5% (M : 6.1%, F: 1.2%) of respondents, had a suspicion about parasitic infections, had gone into the hospital or clinic for diagnosis, 88.3% (M : 90.9%, F : 86.0%) of them were administered anthelmintics, and 8.2% (M : 3.0%, F: 12.8%) of them were non-treated.
7) The respondents who were not given anthelmintics for extermintion of parasites were 94.2% (M : 93.3%, F : 94.9%), but once a year 4.4% (M : 4.8%, F : 4.2%) and twice a year 1.4% (M : 2.0%, F : 0.9%).
8) 2.4% (M : 0.7%, F : 3.9%) of respondents washed their hands regularly before every meal and 70.2% (M : 25.9%, F : 34.0%) of them irregularly, but 67.4% (M : 73.4%, F : 62.1%) of them did not.
9) 12.2% (M : 8.4%, F : 5.5%) of the examinees washed their hands regularly after every defecation and 37.7% (M : 43.1%, F : 32.8%) of them irregularly, but 50.2% (M : 48.5%, F : 51.6%) did not.
10) 78.2% (M : 93.3%, F : 64.8%) of respondents had experienced eating an uncooked fresh-water fish, but 21.8% (M : 6.7%, F : 35.2%) of them did not. Respondents who have eaten uncooked meet were 92.4% (M : 93.6%, F : 91.3%), but 7.8% (M : 6.4%, F: 8.7%) of them do not.