Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal.
Department of Nursing, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2021 Sep 11;59(241):862-866. doi: 10.31729/jnma.6897.
Adolescents are children aged 10-19 years. Nutrition influences the growth and development during infancy, childhood and adolescence. Adolescent girls are at higher risk of anemia and undernutrition. This research was aimed to find the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in a tertiary care hospital.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in the adolescent girls attending the pediatric outpatient department of a tertiary care centre from October 2020 to May 2021. After the ethical clearance from the institutional review committee, 380 adolescent girls were taken using a convenient sampling technique. Anthropometric measurements, social demography and blood for hemoglobin estimation were taken and documented in predesigned proforma. Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was done, and frequency and proportion were calculated.
Out of 380 adolescent girls, 230 (60.5%) at 95% Confidence Interval (55.56-65.41) were anemic with mean hemoglobin of 11.138±1.954 gm/dl. The mean age was 14.57±2.107 years.
This study showed a higher prevalence of anemia than the national data. Proper education regarding personal and menstrual hygiene, weekly supplementation of iron in school, dietary habits and uplifting of economic status can prevent anemia in this population.
青少年是指 10 至 19 岁的儿童。营养会影响婴幼儿期、儿童期和青春期的生长发育。少女更容易患贫血和营养不良。本研究旨在调查三级医院少女贫血的患病率。
这是一项在 2020 年 10 月至 2021 年 5 月期间于三级医疗中心儿科门诊就诊的少女中进行的描述性横断面研究。在获得机构审查委员会的伦理批准后，采用便利抽样技术抽取了 380 名少女。进行了人体测量学测量、社会人口统计学以及血液血红蛋白估测，并记录在预先设计的表格中。使用社会科学统计软件包 20 版进行数据分析，得出 95%置信区间的点估计值，并计算频率和比例。
在 380 名少女中，230 名（95%置信区间为 55.56-65.41）患有贫血，平均血红蛋白为 11.138±1.954gm/dl。平均年龄为 14.57±2.107 岁。
与全国数据相比，本研究显示贫血患病率更高。针对个人和月经卫生、学校每周补铁、饮食习惯和提高经济地位进行适当的教育，可以预防该人群发生贫血。
