Nutritional Status and Anaemia with Special Reference to Morphological Classification in Underfive Children.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-157551
ABSTRACT
Nutrition of pre-school children (0-5 years age group) is of paramount importance because the foundation for lifetime health, strength and intellectual vitality is laid during this period. Aims:
To assess the nutritional status and hemaoglobin status and morphological classification of anaemia of children below five years of age. Settings andDesign:
Community based cross-sectional study in children below five years of age from urban slum, Nagpur. Methods andMaterial:
A house-to-house survey was done. By systematic random sampling 434 children below five years of age were included in the study. Every child was subjected to anthropometric measurements using standard technique. Haemoglobin estimation was done by using Sahli’s haemoglobinometer and peripheral smear was prepared. Statisticalanalysis:
Data was analyzed on Epi- Info Software 3.2 version. Chi square test is used to test the significance.Result:
52.23 % were suffering from various grades of malnutrition. 32.18 % children were in grade I, 16.09 % in grade II, 3.46 % in grade III and 0.5 % in grade IV malnutrition. 78.71 children had anaemia (Hb < 11gm/dl). It was observed that 34.9 % children had microcytic and hypochromic anaemia, 19.6 % had dimorphic, 13.7% had normocytic normochromic and 7.5% had macrocytic anaemia. Out of these 2 children had sickle cell disease. A statistically significant association was observed between malnutrition and anaemia.Conclusion:
Nutritional rehabilitation centers should be started in the community and linked with health centers to treat less severely affected undernourished children.
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Assunto principal:
População Urbana
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil
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Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado
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Pré-Escolar
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Estado Nutricional
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Índia
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Anemia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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