Latar Belakang: Pedikulosis merupakan penyakit yang dapat menyerang siapa saja. Kebersihan perorangan yang buruk dapat mempengaruhi timbulnya pedikulosis. Kelompok masyarakat yang berisiko tinggi dengan pedikulosis adalah pondok pesantren atau asrama. Cara penularan lewat benda seperti topi, bantal, dan kasur dapat menambah angka prevalensi pedikulosis.
Tujuan : Mengetahui hubungan kebersihan pribadi dan kepadatan hunian terhadap kejadian kutu kepala pada santriwati di Pondok Pesantren Ma’hadut Tholabah Babakan Tegal.
Metode: Disain penelitian yang digunakan adalah analitik dengan rancangan cross sectional, populasi adalah santriwati di asrama putri pondok pesantren Ma’hadut Tholabah Babakan, jumlah sampel 200 responden yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Kuesioner dianalisis secara univariat dan bivariat dengan uji korelasi Rank Spearman.
Hasil: Responden memiliki kebersihan pribadi kurang sebanyak 85 (42,5%) dan memiliki hunian yang padat 105 (52,5%). Terdapat hubungan antara kebersihan pribadi (uji kemaknaan 0,018) dan kepadatan hunian (uji kemaknaan 0,001) dengan kejadian kutu kepala di pondok pesantren Ma’hadut Tholabah Babakan.
Kesimpulan: Terdapat hubungan antara kebersihan pribadi dan kepadatan hunian dengan kejadian kutu kepala di Pondok pesantren putri Ma’hadut Tholabah Babakan Tegal.
Kata Kunci : Kebersihan pribadi, Kepadatan hunian dan Kutu kepalaBackground: Pediculosis is a disease that can attack anyone. Poor personal hygiene may affect the incidence of pediculosis. The Groups of high risk people with pediculosis is a boarding school or dormitory. Mode of transmission through objects such as hats, pillows, and mattress can increase the prevalence of pediculosis.
Purpose: To determine the relationship of personal hygiene and residential density on the incidence of pediculosis on female students at boarding school Ma'hadut Tholabah Babakan Tegal.
Methods: The study design used was an analytical cross sectional, population is female students in the boarding school dormitory daughter Ma'hadut Tholabah Babakan, sample of 200 respondents drawn using sampling techniques simple random . The data were obtained using a questionnaire and analyzed using univariate and bivariate Spearman rank correlation test.
Results: The result showed the majority of respondents had less personal hygiene as many as 85 people (42.5%) and had a solid shelter as many as 105 people (52.5%). There is a relationship between personal hygiene with pediculosis capitis (p value 0.018) and the relationship between residential density (p value 0.001) with pediculosis capitis in boarding school dormitory daughter Ma'hadut Tholabah Babakan Tegal.
Conclusion: There is a relationship between personal hygiene and residential density with incidence of pediculosis capitis in Pondok Pesantren Tegal Babakan Tholabah Ma'hadut daughter.
Key words: Personal hygiene, Density residential and Pediculosis capitis