Table 1.
Distribution of the study population according to status of personal hygiene (n= 184)
| State of personal hygiene | Unfavorable state (Score 0) |
Favorable state (Score 1) |
Test of significance (χ2, P value, df) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M(n=103) | F(n=81) | M(n=103) | F(n=81) | ||||
| Hair clean/combed | 8 (7.77) | 12 (14.81) | 95 (92.23) | 69 (85.19) | 1.65, >0.05, 1 | ||
| Nails trimmed/clean | 51 (49.51) | 18 (22.22) | 52 (50.49) | 63 (77.78) | 13.27, <0.05, 1 | ||
| Uniform clean | 17 (16.5) | 15 (18.52) | 86 (83.5) | 66 (81.48) | 0.03, >0.05, 1 | ||
| Clean hands, feet and skin | 32 (31.07) | 6 (7.41) | 71 (68.93) | 75 (92.59) | 14.08, <0.05, 1 | ||
| Clean oral cavity | 29 (28.16) | 24 (29.63) | 74 (71.84) | 57 (70.37) | 0.05, >0.05, 1 | ||
| Practices related to personal hygiene |
Never practiced (SCORE 0) |
Sometimes practiced (Score 1) |
Practiced most of the times (Score 2) |
Test of significance (χ2, P value, df) | |||
| M(n=103) | F(n=81) | M(n=103) | F(n=81) | M(n=103) | F(n=81) | ||
| Use of soap for hand washing at school | 61 (59.2) | 30 (37.03) | 36 (34.9) | 42 (51.85) | 6 (5.8) | 9 (11.11) | 1.69, >0.05, 1 |
| Hand washing after toilet | 8 (7.6) | - | 19 (18.5) | 6 (7.4) | 76 (73.8) | 75 (92.6) | 9.66, <0.05, 1 |
| Use of soap for hand washing at home | 30 (29.1) | 15 (18.5) | 45 (43.7) | 39 (48.2) | 28 (27.2) | 27 (33.3) | 0.55, >0.05, 1 |
| Use of toothpaste with toothbrush | 25 (24.3) | 30 (37.0) | 9 (8.7) | 6 (7.4) | 69 (67.0) | 45 (55.6) | 2.05, >0.05, 1 |
| Total score obtained | Males No. (%) | Females No. (%) | Total No. (%) | ||||
| Poor (1-2) | 27 (26.2) | 9 (11.11) | 36 (19.57) | ||||
| Average (3-4) | 56 (54.4) | 36 (44.44) | 92 (50) | ||||
| Good (5-6) | 20 (19.4) | 36 (44.44) | 56 (30.43) | ||||
| Total | 103 (100) | 81 (100) | 184 (100) | ||||
| Mean±SD | 3.12±1.4 | 4.15±0.98 | 3.4±1.3 | ||||
| Range | 1-6 | 2-5 | 1-6 | ||||
| Unpaired t critical two-tailed value=1.973, P<0.05, df=182 | |||||||
M=males, F=females