Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-5  Year-2024         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Intestinal parasites are common due to poverty, poor personal hygiene, poor environmental sanitation, overcrowding, a lack of safe drinking water, and a lack of knowledge. As a result, evaluating the intestinal parasite morbidity pattern in low-income countries such as Ethiopia is important for designing intestinal parasite intervention programs that minimize the burden. Despite the high prevalence of the disease, there is a lack of data on the trend of intestinal parasites in current study area. As a result, the study was aimed to stick on the assessment of patterns of intestinal parasite infection for better control and intervention programs. A retrospective study was conducted for the years 2018 to 2022 at Dr. Bogalech Foundation General Hospital and Dongicho Health Center in Durame town, Central Ethiopia Region. The data were collected from the laboratory registration book/s after proper orientation and advice. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 25 as chi-square test was applied to ascertain significant association with socio-demography. During the study period, a direct saline wet mount method was used to diagnose a total of twenty five thousand six hundred sixty six (25,666) stool samples. Nine thousand one hundred twelve (9,112/35.5%) laboratory-confirmed cases were reported with a fluctuating trend (P = 0.000). Eight different parasites were reported in each year with Giardia lamblia (51.1%) being the predominant parasite followed by Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (23.7%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (12.7%). Both males (59.8%) and females (40.2%) were equally affected (P = 0.81). The intestinal parasite was reported in all age groups in the area but the highest and the lowest prevalence were reported in age groups of 20-29 years and 40-49 years, respectively (26.4% vs 7.9%) (P = 0.002).

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