Jawed Shireen, Tariq Sundus, Tariq Saba, Kamal Anwar
Dr. Shireen Jawed, MBBS, M.Phil. Assistant Professor of Physiology, Aziz Fatima Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Sundus Tariq, MBBS, M.Phil. Assistant Professor of Physiology, University Medical & Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2017 Mar-Apr;33(2):398-403. doi: 10.12669/pjms.332.11854.
Anemia is a common health problem worldwide. This problem is most commonly faced by 18 to 25 years of females. Medical students especially female hostelites poses high risk of anemia because of their poor eating habits, breakfast skipping, long schedule in college, burden of medical studies, clinical postings, and extra-curricular activities. Therefore the current study was designed to determine the hemoglobin status in young female medical students. We also elucidate its association with BMI.
A cross sectional study was conducted at The University of Faisalabad during December 2015 to February 2016. A total of 221 female students were recruited by convenient sampling technique. All relevant information about participants was taking by administering structured questionnaire. Participants were categorized as hostelities and day scholars for comparison. Study subjects were also sub grouped on the bases of their BMI. Hemoglobin, MCV, MCH and MCHC were estimated at Madina Teaching Hospital Faisalabad. Statistical analysis was performed on SPSS 20.
Mean age of the study subjects was 19.92 ±0.93. 33.4% of the students were found to be anemic. Significantly high number of hostelites (39.2%) were anemic as compared to day scholars (23.1%) (P value= 0.015*). On analyzing by BMI categories, greater number of underweight subjects was found to be anemic as compared to normal and overweight subjects.
Anemia is more prevalent in hostelites as compared to day scholar female medical students which might also affect the efficiency of these students.
贫血是全球常见的健康问题。18至25岁的女性最常面临这一问题。医学生，尤其是住宿舍的女学生，由于饮食习惯差、不吃早餐、大学课程安排紧凑、医学学习负担、临床实习以及课外活动，贫血风险很高。因此，本研究旨在确定年轻女医学生的血红蛋白状况。我们还阐明了其与体重指数（BMI）的关联。
2015年12月至2016年2月在费萨拉巴德大学进行了一项横断面研究。通过便利抽样技术共招募了221名女学生。通过发放结构化问卷获取参与者的所有相关信息。将参与者分为住宿舍学生和走读生进行比较。研究对象也根据其BMI进行亚组划分。在费萨拉巴德麦地那教学医院测定血红蛋白、平均红细胞体积（MCV）、平均红细胞血红蛋白含量（MCH）和平均红细胞血红蛋白浓度（MCHC）。使用SPSS 20进行统计分析。
研究对象的平均年龄为19.92±0.93岁。发现33.4%的学生贫血。与走读生（23.1%）相比，住宿舍学生中贫血的比例显著更高（39.2%）（P值=0.015*）。按BMI类别分析，与正常体重和超重的受试者相比，体重过轻的受试者中贫血的人数更多。
与走读的女医学生相比，住宿舍的学生贫血更为普遍，这也可能影响这些学生的学习效率。
