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This study aimed at determining prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among patients admitted to a psychiatric facility.<jats:italic>Method<\/jats:italic>. The study followed cross-sectional design; all the residing patients that met the inclusion criteria were included in the survey. Stool samples were collected and examined by direct wet preparation and formol-ether concentration. Data were analyzed with STATA version 12.1; Chi-square test was computed to determine the level of significance at<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>value &lt; 0.05.<jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>Of all 233 patients who returned the stool samples, 29 (12.45%) screened were positive for an intestinal parasite. There was no significant association between parasite carriage and age, sex, or duration of hospital stay.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. 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