Prevalence of Anaemia in Children of Rural Areas of Punjab
Prevalence of Anaemia in Children of Rural Areas of Punjab
SAIMA SHARIF*1, SHAGUFTA NAZ1, RIDA IRAM1, FARKHANDA MANZOOR1, TASNIM FARASAT1 and MUHAMMAD SAQIB2
ABSTRACT
Anaemia is one of the significant public health problem among children in the world especially in those who live in rural communities having low socioeconomic status. This cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anaemia in children of rural communities of Punjab from January 2016 to July 2016. The children were selected from Services hospital, Lahore and District hospital Sharqpur, Dist. Sheikhupura. A total of 500 samples of children were collected. Questionnaire was designed to collect information for studying variables regarding age, gender, father‟s occupation, parent‟s education, child‟s family income etc. Their blood samples were collected and analyzed to find out the level of Haemoglobin, RBC‟s, WBC‟s, platelets, MCV, MCH and haematocrit specifically. Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS (version 13). Among the 500 subjects, according to haemoglobin level 130 subjects (26%) were normal whereas 370 (74%) were anaemic. It was found that 120 (24%) were mild anaemic, 151 subjects (30%) were moderate anaemic, and 99 subjects (20%) were severely anaemic. It has been concluded that the prevalence of anaemia was considerably high in children below the age of 12 years living in rural communities. It has been concluded that haematological parameters were greatly altered in anaemic patients.
Key Words: Anaemia, Children, Risk factors, rural areas
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December 2017
Vol.63, Iss. 2, Pages 125-234
