Title: Prevalence of Anaemia in Adolescent Girls of Khammam District
Authors: Suguna.V, Nymisha.M
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i10.39
Abstract
Anaemia is one of the major challenges India is still facing. During adolescence, the nutrition and health needs are more because of the growth spurt and increase in physical activity. The study was conducted to find out the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in and around Mamata General Hospital, Khammam. A total of 300 adolescent girls were included in the study after obtaining permission from hospital ethics committee and informed written consent was taken from girls. All were unmarried and non-pregnant adolescent girls of 10-19 years age was included. The parameter like age, height, weight, body mass index and haemoglobin levels of all participants were measured. Average haemoglobin level in this study was 11.62±2.85 gm %. The number of adolescent girls having mild anaemia (Hb level between 10 to 11.9 gm%) were244(81.3%),whereas 39(13%) were having moderate anaemia (Hb level between 7 to 9.9 gm%),Girls with severe anaemia were 4(1.33%) in number. However 13(4.33%) adolescent girls had no anaemia. Most of the girls were found to have a mild degree of anaemia (81.3%), there is a great scope for early intervention to bring the haemoglobin level in the normal range by the dietary supplements of micronutrients.
Keywords- Anaemia, Adolescent, Girls, Prevalence.
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