Investigation of Spatial Dispersion of Pediculosis in Covered Cities of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2016

Despite progress in health, Contamination of lice are considered as a health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the spatial distribution of Pediculosis in the cities covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2016. This study was descriptive and analytical cross sectional. Information from 7453 Pediculosis patients was extracted from the Sina Electronic Health Record in a 4-month period (November 2016 to March 2017). To show the spatial distribution of the disease, was used the GIS software. That was used SPSS software to analyze the data and graph pad software to plot the graphs. The study showed that 91.2% of the total population was women and 64.1% were adolescents aged between 7 and 18 years old. Prevalence rates in elementary and children under the 6 years were 42.6% and 31.8%, respectively, with the highest prevalence. Pediclusis transmission was 64.6% in schools and 46.3% in the direct transmission method. Based on spatial distribution map of Khalilabad, the highest prevalence and Kalat were the least prevalence among Khorasan Razavi counties. Considering the results of this study, it can be said that elementary girls are more likely to expose to contamination. Schools were the most probable places of contamination, and direct contact were the most common way of contamination was obtained. People with higher levels of education were less likely to be infected.