Prevalence of Anemia among Female Medical Students, Pondicherry
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 0
Abstract
Introduction: Anemia remains a public health challenge worldwide. Anemia is the common disorder of blood in the world. Aim: This study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of anemia among female medical students in Pondicherry. Methodology: Through convenient sampling, 200 female medical students from Private Medical college, Pondicherry, were taken as study subjects and were subjected to interview and estimation of Hb using Sahli’s method. Basic information was collected from study subjects through self-structured questionnaire. Result: It was found that as many as 58% of female medical students were suffering from anemia. In regard to severity of anemia, approximately half (41%) were having mild anemia and only few (17%) have moderate anemia. None of them was found severe anemia. Conclusion: Considering the result, it was concluded that anemia is very much prevalent more than half (58%) among female medical students, not less as non-medico students.
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Kannan . K, Kameshvell C. , Rajini . S, Nandha Kumar V, Niminesh B. S
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