Prevalence of anaemia among the hospitalized children in a rural tertiary care teaching hospital
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Background: The most important nutritional deficiency (micronutrient deficiency) among children in the present world is iron deficiency. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of nutritional anemia (iron deficiency anemia) among the hospitalized children in the tertiary care rural hospital. To evaluate the distribution of anemia among various age groups, sex and its association with various systemic illness.Methods: Retrospective (record based) cross sectional study carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Information regarding age, gender, chief complaints, laboratory investigations carried out like total WBC count, haemoglobin was collected. Final diagnosis with system of involvement was documented. These factors were analysed.Results: Data collected from 905 patients were analysed for the study purpose. Out of 270 children in the age group of less than 2 years 72% of children were anemic. In the age group of 2-5 years55.7% of children were anemic. Nearly 2/3 of children in less than 5 years of hospitalized children were anemic. Overall 50% of children between1 month to 12 years were anemic. System wise analysis have shown 57% of respiratory cases, 47 % of gastrointestinal cases and 48% of infectious disease cases were anaemic.Conclusions: Nutritonal anemia is a major health burden in young children in developing countries. Iron deficiency in early life during the period of brain maturation is extensively studied by various research groups. Changes in brain were also reported in animal studies. Understanding the impacts of iron deficiency in terms of its role in cognitive development, intellectual development, motor development, immune function, school performance and physical development this is considered as an important and urgent public health problem in our country.
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There is limited evidence on the prevalence of anemia among hospitalized 6-59-month-old children in the Tigray region.
“Although the prevalence of anemia among hospitalized 6–59‐month‐old children has been studied in different parts of the world such as in India 63.3% [12], Brazil 56.6% [13], Southern Tanzania 83.17% [14], and Ghana 55% [15] and in different regions of Ethiopia such as in Gondar 54.1% [11] and South Wollo 41.1% [9], there is limited evidence in the Tigray region.”
From Prevalence of Anemia and Its Associated Factors Among 6–59‐Month‐Old Children in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia (2026) · cites this paper as [12]
The Results report 63.3% anemia among hospitalized children under five, supporting the India figure attached to citation [12]. The Inclusion criteria specify ages from one month, however, so the reported figure is not specifically for children aged 6–59 months. The Tigray evidence gap is the citing authors’ framing, not a claim attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Although the prevalence of anemia among hospitalized 6–59-month-old children has been studied in diferent parts of the world such as in India 63.3% [12], Brazil 56.6% [13], Southern Tanzania 83.17% [14], and Ghana 55% [15] and in diferent regions of Ethiopia such as in Gondar 54.1% [11] and South…”
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- Muthusamy, B. G., Venugopal, V., & S., S.
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- Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital (IN)
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- International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
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- 2017-02-22
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Public Health and Nutrition
- Keywords
- iron deficiency anemia, nutritional anemia, anemia prevalence, hospitalized children, young children, age and sex distribution, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, infectious diseases, rural hospitals, micronutrient deficiency
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