Abstract:
Background: Pediculosis capitis is a disease or condition when hair as
well as scalp get infected by pediculus humanus var. capitis, which is an
ectoparasite that lives on the outside of its host and sucks blood. Children are at
high risk of suffering this disease and could be worse in certain crowded
environment, for example dormitories and orphanages. This research aims to
observe the occurrence number of this disease and examine the factor of
Pediculosis Capitis in Pondok Pesantren Modern Darul Hikmah Medan.
Methods: This descriptive research applies Cross Sectional design which using
questionnaire on 91 samples.Results: Based on the analysis of this research, all
the samples are from girls (100%) who are at the age of 13 years old (20,9%). The
affective factors are the number of occupant of one room, which is more than one
(100%), all the occupants suffer from lice and hair-mites (100%), the jointly use
of certain hair comb and veil (89%), the jointly use of pillow and bed (72,5%), the
number of washing hair less than three times a week (57,1%), long hair (62,6%)
and straight (59,3%), wearing veil in wet hair (53,8%).Conclusion: The
occurrence number of Pediculosis Capitis is extremely high. The affective factors
are the habit of using the same hair comb, veil, pillow and bed jointly, as well as
having long and straight hair with the frequency of washing hair less than three
times a week, and wearing veil in wet hair.
