노인전문요양시설에서 발생한 옴 유행 역학조사

• 영문명: Outbreak of Scabies at Geriatric Long-Term Care Facilities in Korea
• 발행기관: 한국역학회
• 저자명: 기모란(Mo-Ran Ki) 문현진(Hyun-Jin Moon) 조현(Hyoun Cho)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국역학회지』韓國疫學會誌 第28卷 第1號, 100~111쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 면역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.06.01

영문 초록

  Objectives: To investigate an outbreak of scabies that occurred in geriatricfacilities located in Kyounggi-province, Korea, between September 2004 and September 2005.
  Methods: We carried out an epidemiologic investigation on the scabies outbreak. All workers except two were interviewed and the charts of the patients were reviewed.
  Results: Among workers, the attack rate was 58.6% (17/29). The rate was 86.0%(37/43) in patients. Secondary cases also occurred among the family members of workers, with a secondary attack rate of 15.8%. The 95% confidence interval was 6o/~31.3%. The transmission of scabies began from one index case who had scabies and moved from another facility. She was hospitalized on the 4th floor of this facilitywhere dependent patients resided. After the activities (picnic and yard sale) in May 2005, and the ward rotation of care givers between the 3rd and 4th floor in July 2005, the incidence of scabies increased. The last cases occurred in Sep. 2005.
  Conclusions: This outbreak investigation has importance because it is the first report of ascabies outbreak in geriatric long-tenn care facilities in Korea. Recently, the reports on a scabies epidemic are increasing "With the augmentation of geriatric long-tenn care facilities.
  It is important to educate and inform workers and staff in long-tenn care facilities about scabies and other contagious skin diseases. More facilities for senility and dementia "Will be opened and we need to lookinto contagious diseases in long-term care facilities.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 연구대상 및 방법
Ⅲ. 결과
Ⅳ. 고찰
Ⅴ. 결론
참고문헌
Abstract

키워드

Sarcoptes scabiei Epidemics Long-term care Geriatrics Senile dementia