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Introduction: Vitamin B12 Deficiency has become animportant health concern in the recent times. Acknowledgingthe health of medical professionals shall improve the healthstatus of the community as they form a classified population ofthe society. The present study was done with an aim to assessthe treatment seeking behavior of the doctors in RNT MedicalCollege, Udaipur who were found deficient in Vitamin B12levels.Material and methods: Two focused group discussionswere conducted in the department of Community Medicinewith a strength of 13 and 17 each, few pre-decided questionswere asked to the groups by the moderator and answers werereported by the recorder in the form of tally sheets.Results: Maximum doctors were interested in taking Oraltreatment by self, most of them were consuming ReverseOsmosis water and most common clinical feature theyexpressed were weakness and fatigue.Conclusion: Vitamin B12 deficiency is becoming a silentepidemic which needs to be addressed as it is affecting all thegroups of the society and thus further large scale multicentricstudies are needed to address this issue at the global level.
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Background: Objective of this study is to compare the prevalence of protective factors, mental health issues, and violence among the urban and rural adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study of two months duration was conducted among 280 male students of classes 9th and 10th of one urban and one rural school of Udaipur district of Rajasthan after taking prior permission and consent using a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Significant observation was identified (p value < 0.0001) for missed classes among urban students than rural student (91.88% v/s 41.67%). Parents of urban students are more concerned for their homework (66.25% v/s 59.17%), problems and worries (63.75% v/s 58.33%), and activities in free time (53.75% v/s 49.17%). Mental health issues like loneliness (13.13% v/s 10.00%), worry (13.75% v/s 10.83%), and suicidal thoughts (9.30% v/s 6.60%) were higher among urban students but not significant. Issues on violence and bullying like physical fight (53.75% v/s 24.17%), bullying (43.15% v/s 15.0%), physical attack by family members (43.13% v/s 15.83%), and by teachers (51.25% v/s 11.67%) were significantly higher in urban adolescents (p value < 0.0001). Conclusions: Mental health and violence-related issues were prevalent more among urban students than those among rural students in spite of having more protective factors and parents concern suggesting the need of frequent supervision, counselling, monitoring and support of adolescents.