贫血在劳动妇女的流行情况
Shahtaj A Shah1, Umar Soomro1, Ovais Ali1
1Department of Medicine, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi, PAK.
Cureus
|September 26, 2023
概括
贫血影响了卡拉奇41.7%的职业女性,大多数病例是轻微的. 生活方式和饮食是影响血红蛋白水平和贫血患病率的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 红血细胞 (RBC) 中血红蛋白 (Hb) 降低的特征是贫血,这是一个日益增长的社会经济问题,具有严重的健康影响.
- 并发症包括低出生体重,早产和增加的孕产妇和新生儿死亡率.
- 早期识别和教育贫血症状对于预防至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查在巴基斯坦卡拉奇工作的妇女中导致贫血的因素.
- 为参与者提供健康的生活方式和饮食选择的咨询,以预防贫血.
- 尽管有COVID-19的限制,实现特定,可衡量,可实现,现实和时间限制的 (SMART) 目标.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及卡拉奇180名工作女性 (18-45岁) 的横截面研究.
- 通过谷歌表格问卷和指针刺伤血液测试收集的数据用于血红蛋白测量.
- 排除标准包括出血障碍,最近的手术,怀孕或全身性疾病.
主要成果:
- 在参与者中,贫血的总体患病率为41.7%.
- 大多数贫血参与者 (56%) 患有轻度贫血.
- 平均血红蛋白水平为11.15±1.29毫克/分升.
结论:
- 在卡拉奇工作的女性中,轻度贫血很普遍.
- 饮食习惯,职业地位和压力显著影响血红蛋白水平.
- 非医疗专业人员,特别是年轻人,患贫血的患病率略高.
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