Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency and Clinico – Demographic Profile of Primary School Going Children in Rural Area of Moradabad
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Vitamin A deficiency has long been recognized as a serious and widespread yet preventable nutritional deficiency in the world. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency and clinico – demographic profile of primary school going children in rural area of Moradabad. Materials and Methods: Socio demographic information was collected from the family. Assessment of Vitamin A deficiency was done according to ‘WHO’ classification. Children were examined for ophthalmic and dermatological signs of Vitamin A deficiency, overall nutritional assessment done with anthropometric and systemic examination and recorded as per preformed proforma. Results: Total 48 children are suffering from Vitamin A deficiency out of which males were 60.4% and females were 39.6%. Prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency was observed more in male children than females in present study. Vitamin A deficiency was observed more in Socio economically poor status like in Class V (60%) and IV (30%) while not a single child found to have Vitamin A deficiency in Class I and II. The prevalence of night blindness is 0.04%, prevalence of Conjunctival xerosis is 6.5% and of Bitot’s spot is about 0.92%. Conclusion: Children from lower socioeconomic group should be targeted to improve their diet pattern by educating their parents. Similarly co morbidities like worm infestation, Repeated URTI and LRTI and Diarrhea should be effectively treated along with supplementation of Vitamin A.
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K. P. Dutta, Utkarsh Sharma
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.2.029
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