农村青少年和贫血:探索除虫的作用
Rakshit Chaudhary1, Sanjeev Kumar1, Seema Jain1
1Department of Community Medicine, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, IND.
Cureus
|January 6, 2025
概括
贫血影响了北方邦农村地区60%的青少年,女性受到了不成比例的影响. 单靠除虫治疗不能有效地预防这一脆弱群体的贫血.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
背景情况:
- 贫血是一种普遍存在的营养缺乏症,特别是在印度等发展中国家.
- 印度面临着重大的公共卫生挑战,2018年有7200万贫血青少年.
- 北方邦的青少年贫血患病率很高,是全国平均水平的两倍.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定贫血在农村北方邦的青少年中的患病率.
- 在这个年龄组中调查贫血和性别之间的关系.
- 为了评估除虫药片在贫血预防中的有效性.
主要方法:
- 一项研究是在北方普拉德什州梅鲁特区的一个农村地区进行的.
- 青少年受益于贫血解放印度计划的受益者被录取.
- 使用TrueHb血红素计测量血红蛋白水平.
主要成果:
- 贫血的总体患病率为60.0% (170名参与者中有102名).
- 女性 (68.2%) 的贫血患病率高于男性 (45.0%).
- 中度贫血是最常见的形式,影响了67.6%的贫血患者.
结论:
- 贫血在青少年女性中比男性更为普遍.
- 中度贫血是主要的类型,影响了绝大多数贫血女性和一半的贫血男性.
- 仅仅通过除虫干预,就不足以预防这一群体的贫血.
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