Latar belakang. Prevalensi soil transmitted helminths (STH) pada anak di Indonesia, terutama di Provinsi Sumatera Utara, masih tinggi. Infeksi STH diduga dapat menghambat tumbuh kembang dan memengaruhi kemampuan kognitif anak. Tujuan. Mengetahui hubungan infeksi STH dengan kemampuan kognitif, status nutrisi, dan prestasi belajar pada anak. Metode. Penelitian potong lintang dilakukan di Desa Sikapas, Kabupaten Mandailing Natal pada bulan Maret sampai Desember 2016. Sampel adalah murid sekolah dasar yang tidak memiliki gangguan mental dan dipilih dengan metode acak sederhana. Tinja diperiksa dengan metode Kato untuk menilai infeksi STH. Dilakukan pengumpulan data antropometri dan rerata nilai ujian untuk semua mata pelajaran. Kemampuan kognitif dinilai dengan metode WISC IV. Analisis dilakukan dengan uji Chi square dan uji Mann Whitney dengan tingkat kepercayaan 95%. Nilai p<0,05 dianggap signifikan. Hasil. Delapan puluh tujuh sampel diikutsertakan dengan rerata usia 10,2 (SB 1,75) tahun. Kami menemukan angka prevalensi yang tinggi untuk anak dengan infeksi STH (70,1%). Anak dengan infeksi STH memiliki status gizi yang lebih baik daripada anak tanpa infeksi STH dengan rerata peringkat 44,31 vs 43,27, tetapi tidak signifikan secara statistik (p=0,816). Anak dengan infeksi STH memiliki rerata peringkat kemampuan kognitif yang relatif lebih rendah daripada anak tanpa infeksi STH (43,77 vs 44,54), tetapi tidak signifikan secara statistik (p=0,885). Prestasi belajar anak dengan infeksi STH lebih tinggi daripada anak tanpa infeksi STH, tetapi tidak signifikan secara statistik (p=0,317). Objective. To determine the association between STH infection and cognitive performance, nutritional status, and academic achievement. Methods. Cross-sectional study was conducted in Sikapas Village, Mandailing Natal Regency from March to December 2016. Samples were students of elementary school without mental disorders that obtained by simple random sampling. Stool samples were examined using Kato Katz smear method to determine STH infection. Anthropometric data and mean grade points from all school subjects were collected. Cognitive performance was measured using WISC IV method. Analyses were done using Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney U test with 95% Confidence Interval. A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results. Eighty seven samples were enrolled with mean age 10.2 (SD 1.75) years old. We found high prevalence rate of children with STH infection (70.1%). The children with STH infection had better nutritional status compared to children without STH infection with mean rank of 44.31 vs 43.27, but not statistically significant (p=0.816). The children with STH infection had relatively lower mean rank cognitive performance than children without STH infection (43.77 vs 44.54), but not statistically significant (p=0.885). The academic achievement of children with STH infection was higher than uninfected children, but not statistically significant (p=0.317).
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