Epidemio-Demographical Study of Anemia in School: Aged groups.
| Autor: | Khudhur, Khalid Yas, Saleh, Salim Abdulla, Elttaef, Haider Abed |
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SCHOOL health services HEMOGLOBINS CROSS-sectional method RURAL conditions FOOD consumption PEDIATRICS FATHERS SOCIOECONOMIC factors ANEMIA CHI-squared test DESCRIPTIVE statistics SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ERYTHROCYTES METROPOLITAN areas OUTPATIENT services in hospitals EDUCATIONAL attainment |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Update; Jan-Mar2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p29-35, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Anemia is a significant global health problem affecting children and reproductive-age women and it is defined as a reduction of the hemoglobin concentration or red blood cell (RBC) volume below the range of values occurring in healthy persons. Material and method: The current study was cross-sectional study done in AL-Alam general hospital, we take 500 children and adolescences and the age restricted from 6 year to 18 year, the cases taken in the pediatric outpatients department regardless whether sick or healthy children or adolescences we take the history from the cases depending on the signs and symptoms of anemia. Data were analyzed by using the Windows program The data was summarized firstly in single master table manually. The Chi square test was used to determine whether significant differences occurred among the groups and where they occurred. Results: we find about 33.60% of cases were anemic including IDA, and 25.96% was mild anemia this mean anemia highly prevalent, and mainly at adolescents age group about(50%),also we find anemia more prevalent in rural area (42.5%) than urban area (32.2%) may be to low socioeconomic status in rural area, also the prevalence of anemia was more in not student cases (40.47%) and high level of anemia in illiterate father and mother this indicate the educational status important to parent and children to awareness about anemia and healthy food consumption. Conclusion: Anemia highly prevalent in our area and more in rural area than the urban area and more in adolescent age group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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