Cognitive Factors Associated to Pediculosis Preventive Behaviors Among Mothers of School-Age Children in Chaldoran County, Iran

Figures & data

Table 1 The Relationship Between Demographic Variables with Having or Not Having Pediclousis Infestation (n = 619)

Demographic Variables	Items	Not Having Pediculosis Infestation	Having Pediculosis Infestation	p-value*
		n (%)	n (%)
Age groups	20 to 29	116 (20.7)	1 (1.7)	0.001
	30 to 39	360 (64.3)	53 (87.2)
	≥ 40	84 (15.0)	5 (8.5)
Literacy level	Illiterate	225 (48.5)	19 (45.2)	0.113
	Elementary	86 (18.5)	14 (33.3)
	Secondary	117 (25.2)	7 (16.7)
	High school	36 (7.8)	2 (4.8)
Job	Employee	61 (10.9)	8 (13.6)	0.330
	Housewife	499 (89.1)	51 (86.4)
Using personal accessories when cutting hair	Yes	374 (66.8)	24 (40.7)	0.001
	No	186 (33.2)	35 (59.3)
Cleaning personal items like combs	Yes	491 (87.7)	48 (81.4)	0.123
	No	69 (12.3)	11 (18.6)
Using a personal mattress at home	Yes	145 (25.9)	23 (39.0)	0.024
	No	415 (74.1)	36 (61.0)

Note: *Chi square test.

Table 2 Comparison of Mother’s Behaviors in Last Month Among Infested and Non-Infested Children (n = 619)

Variables	Not Having Pediuclosis Infestation (n = 560)		Having Pediculosis Infestation (n = 59)		p-value*
	No	Yes	No	Yes
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Checking your child hair for infestation	231 (41.2)	329 (58.8)	17 (28.8)	42 (71.2)	0.041
Encourage your child to comb her/his hair every day	199 (35.5)	361 (64.5)	22 (37.3)	37 (62.7)	0.446
Cutting your child's hair	240 (42.9)	320 (57.1)	30 (50.8)	29 (49.2)	0.149
Ironing yours and your child's clothes regularly	135 (24.1)	425 (75.9)	24 (40.7)	35 (59.3)	0.006
Encourage your child to clean her/his comb daily	194 (34.6)	366 (65.4)	26 (44.1)	33 (55.9)	0.099
Encourage your child to bathe every week	107 (19.1)	453 (80.9)	14 (23.7)	45 (76.3)	0.244
Participate in educational programs at school about pediculosis prevention	543 (97.0)	17 (3.0)	56 (94.4)	3 (5.1)	0.296
Understand transmission and prevention methods of pediculosis	502 (89.6)	58 (10.4)	49 (83.1)	10 (16.9)	0.097

Note: *Chi square test.

Table 3 Bivariate Correlations of Variables and PPBs

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 = Knowledge
2 = Perceived susceptibility	0.207*
3 = Perceived severity	0.348*	0.332*
4 = Perceived self-efficacy	0.190*	0.181*	0.335*
5 = Response efficacy	0.251*	0.167	0.332*	0.445*
6 = perceived collective family efficacy	0.251*	0.229*	0.349*	0.409*	0.525*
7 = PPBs	0.208*	0.096*	0.189*	0.248*	0.274*	0.298*

Note: *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

Table 4 Hierarchical Regression Analysis to Predict PPBs

Step/variable	B (Step 1)	p-value	B (Step 2)	p-value
(1) Age groups	−0.128	0.010	−0.122	0.010
Literacy level	0.124	0.014	0.067	0.175
Job	0.022	0.661	0.044	0.374
Using personal accessories when cutting hair	0.160	0.002	0.115	0.020
Cleaning personal items like combs	0.164	0.001	0.112	0.001
Using a personal mattress at home	0.022	0.664	0.035	0.001
Lice-infestated child	0.114	0.022	0.114	0.020
(2) Knowledge			0.075	0.132
Perceived susceptibility			−0.065	0.206
Perceived severity			0.088	0.103
Perceived self-efficacy			0.077	0.153
Response efficacy			0.139	0.021
Perceived collective family efficacy			0.146	0.01
R^2	0.093		0.211