Prevalence of anaemia among school going Children

Completed

• Conditions: Nutritional anemia, unspecified,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/02/030877
• Lead Sponsor: National Institute of Unani medicine

Brief Summary

The main Aim of the study is to find out the prevalence of anaemia among school going children in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Anaemia refers to a state in which the level of haemoglobin in blood below 10g/dl as marked anaemia. Anaemia is a significant global problem. It is one of the major public health problems in school children and according to the World Health Organization 43% of the world’s children are parasitized.

**Procedure of the Investigation:** Estimation of Hb% is done on school children by strip method with the drop of blood by finger prick. Hb% will be assessed to study the prevalence of anaemia. Anaemic children will be further examined for worm infestation by Stool routine microscopic test (for Ova & Cysts) in NIUM laboratory and these anaemics will be evaluated also for CBC, MCH, MCV and referred to community medicine OPD for the treatment of anaemia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-02
• Study Completion: 2021-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

• 1.Patients of both sexes.
• 2.School going children of age group of 8 to 14 years.
• 3.3-8 grade school age children.
• 4.No history of major surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Below 8 and above 14 years of children.
• 2.Below 3rd grade and above 8th grade.
• 3.History of any surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prevalence of anaemic patients	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Government school of Bengaluru (Karnatka); 🇮🇳 Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

Government school of Bengaluru (Karnatka)

🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

Safder Husain

Principal investigator

7000893055

shjafry65@gmail.com