Prevalence of nutritional anaemia in Pediatric age group a cross sectional study
Abstract
Introduction: The term ‘nutritional anaemia’ encompasses all pathological conditions in which the blood hemoglobin concentration drops to an abnormally low level, due to a deficiency in one or several nutrients. The main nutrients involved in the synthesis of hemoglobin are iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12.
Objective: To study the prevalence of nutritional anaemia in paediatric age group.
Methodology: A cross sectional study was undertaken in children with nutritional anaemia attending department of paediatrics, tertiary care hospital, Bangalore during the period January 2016 to December 2016.
Results: Out of the 167 children studied, 86 children belonged to the age group of 6 year to 14 year and 59 children belong to 6 month to 6 year age group and 22 children belongs to 14 year to 18 year age group. Majority were males and accounted for 88 of the subjects with females accounting for 79. Majority (64 cases) belonged to class iv (upper lower), with 50 cases belonging to class iii (lower middle) socio-economic status according to modified kuppuswamy classification. Majority were vegetarians constituting 101 cases and the rest 66 cases belong to non-vegetarians.
Conclusion: Anaemia needs to be immediately attended to. Strategies and documents endorse this need. WHO / UNICEF / UNU strongly advocate that when there is a prevalence of anaemia above 40%, a universal supplementation is required and it is not cost-effective to screen children for anaemia.
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