Abstract
The prevalence of scabies in children is still high in Indonesia, especially in children who live in dormitories such as Islamic boarding schools. Rise of modern boarding school that is claimed to be better than conventional boarding school makes researchers moved to find out whether there are differences in the occurrence of scabies in conventional boarding school and modern boarding school. This study is a descriptive observational study. The sample used was 95 respondents in each boarding schools that obtained by a simple random sampling technique. Research data were collected in the form of questionnaires and examination of the diagnosis of scabies using a dermoscope. The data was analyzed using data tabulation. From 190 respondents, most of the samples were in the age range of 14-16 years (46.8%). Scabies occurred in conventional boarding school were 35.3% (46 respondents), and 9.8% (5 respondents) occurred in modern boarding school. It can be concluded that the occurrence of scabies in modern boarding school is less than in conventional boarding school.
Highlights
RESULTScabies is a disease caused by arthropod parasitic infection, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis.[1]
In addition to religious studies, modern Islamic boarding school apply the curriculum set by the Ministry of Religion or Ministry of Education and Culture.[7] some previous studies only discussed scabies in 1 Islamic boarding school such as Saad, Khotimah, and Ratnasari, studies; minimal information about the category of Islamic boarding school that was used as the location of the study; as well as the rise of modern boarding schools which are claimed to be better than conventional boarding schools make researchers moved to find out whether there are differences occurrence of scabies in conventional boarding school and modern boarding school.[4,5,6]
The study conducted at conventional boarding school Wasilatul Huda, Kendal, and modern boarding school Selamat, Kendal, Central Java in March-April 2019 with the inclusion criteria of students who are living in boarding school
Summary
Scabies is a disease caused by arthropod parasitic infection, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis.[1]. Conventional boarding schools or called salaf / traditional are places for studying Islamic religion without including public education in them, whereas modern boarding schools are places for studying a combination of religious knowledge and general science.[7,8,9] In addition to religious studies, modern Islamic boarding school apply the curriculum set by the Ministry of Religion or Ministry of Education and Culture.[7] some previous studies only discussed scabies in 1 Islamic boarding school such as Saad, Khotimah, and Ratnasari, studies; minimal information about the category of Islamic boarding school that was used as the location of the study; as well as the rise of modern boarding schools which are claimed to be better than conventional boarding schools make researchers moved to find out whether there are differences occurrence of scabies in conventional boarding school and modern boarding school.[4,5,6]
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