[Investigation on infections among university students in Kunming City].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the prevalence of infection among students in Kunming Medical University, and identify the factors affecting infections, so as to provide the evidence for the development of the strategy for the prevention of infections.

METHODS

A total of 1 463 students from Grade 2014 who studied Medical Parasitology in Kunming Medical University were included in the survey. was examined in students'facial skin using the cellophane tape method, and the species was identified using microscopy. The students'gender, ethnicity, place of origin and skin type were captured using a questionnaire survey.

RESULTS

The overall prevalence of infections was 19.07% (279/1 463) on the facial skin among the university students, and a higher prevalence was seen in girls (21.16%, 183/865) than in boys (16.05%, 96/598) ( =5.965, <0.05).Theprevalenceof infectionswas18.33%(66/360)amongminorethnicstudents,andnoethnicity-specific prevalence was seen ( > 0.05). folliculorum was the predominant species, with a prevalence of 50.54% (141/279), and mild infections were predominant among all infections (96.77%, 270/279), without severe infections seen. Multivariate nonconditional logistic regression analysis revealed that gender and roommates with infections were risk factors of infections, and the infection was not associated with ethnicity, place of origin or skin type. There were only 2.53% (37/1 463) of the subjects understanding the knowledge pertaining to the prevention and control of infection.

CONCLUSIONS

A relatively low prevalence of infection is detected in the facial skin of students from Kunming Medical University, and infection is associated with gender and roommates with infections. Health education pertaining to the prevention of infections is suggested to be intensified among university students.