Investigation of behavioral disorders (aggression) among healthy and infected intestinal parasites children attending kindergarten in Sari City, North of Iran

Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi; Fatemeh Loghmani; Mahdi Fakhar; Majid  Derakhshani Nia; Ogholniaz Jorjani; Fatemeh Ghaffarifar

doi:10.60141/AJID/V.2.I.1.1

Authors

Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi Mazandaran University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-310X
Fatemeh Loghmani Islamic Azad University
Mahdi Fakhar Mazandaran University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-6938
Majid Derakhshani Nia Mazandaran University
Ogholniaz Jorjani Gorgan University
Fatemeh Ghaffarifar Tarbiat Modares University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-8214

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60141/AJID/V.2.I.1.1

Keywords:

Behavioral disorders, aggression, Intestinal parasites Infection, kindergarten, Sari

Abstract

Background: The article explores the development of aggression in children in kindergartens in Sari City, examining the influence of psychological, social, biological, and environmental factors, including intestinal parasite infection, which can lead to neuropathic disorders, behavior, anemia, and malnutrition.

Methods: Between 2015 and 2016, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 kindergarten children in Sari City, with 47 suffering from intestinal parasites and 53 suffering from the disease. Data was collected using grade tests and questionnaire sheets, using cluster sampling.

Results: The study revealed that 24% of 24 children in kindergartens were aggressive, with 12 infected and 12 uninfected. There was no significant difference between children infected or uninfected, and no significant relationship was found between aggression rates in boys and girls.

Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that, despite the significant relationship between aggression and intestinal parasite infection, the risk of exposure to aggression is higher in infected children, and the results represent that many factors should be studied about children’s aggression simultaneously.

Author Biographies

Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi , Mazandaran University

Toxoplasmosis Research,Communicable Diseases Institue Iranian Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis., Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Fatemeh Loghmani, Islamic Azad University

Faculty of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Mahdi Fakhar, Mazandaran University

Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Majid Derakhshani Nia, Mazandaran University

Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Ogholniaz Jorjani, Gorgan University

Gorgan University of Medical Sciences.

Fatemeh Ghaffarifar, Tarbiat Modares University

Parasitology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

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