文章基本信息

标题：Prevalence of Anaemia and Visual Impairment among School going Adolescents of Patan City, Gujarat : A Cross Sectional Study
本地全文：下载
作者：Sunil Nayak ; Nilesh Thakor ; Rajendra Gadhavi 等
期刊名称：National Journal of Community Medicine
印刷版ISSN：0976-3325
电子版ISSN：2229-6816
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：449-451
出版社：National Journal of Community Medicine
摘要：Background: Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of critical development and transition. Adolescent constitutes over 23% of the population in India. Nutrition and health needs of the adolescent are more because of more requirements for growth spurt and increase in physical activity. Objective: To study prevalence of anemia and visual impairment among school going adolescents of Patan city, Gujarat Methodology: The study was carried by Community Medicine Department, GMERS Medical College, Dharpur-Patan during period from September 2014 to August 2015. After taking the permission of principals of 9 schools and consent of the parents of adolescents, 841 adolescents from 10 schools of Patan city were examined for anemia and visual impairment. The data was collected by predesign, pretested proforma and analyzed using SPSS 17.0 (Trial Version) Results: Mean age was 15.8 ± 1.96 years. Out of 841, 432 (51.4%) were boys and 409 (48.6%) were girls. The study revealed that 67.0% girls were suffering from anaemia compare to 58.7% of boys. 117 (13.9%) adolescents had visual impairment. Conclusion: High prevalence of anemia and visual impairment among these adolescents needs great attention and health educa-tion.
关键词：School health; Adolescents health; Anaemia; Visual Impairment