Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Haryana, India

Kant, Shashi; Kumar, Rakesh; Malhotra, Sumit; Kaur, Ravneet; Haldar, Partha

doi:10.2991/jegh.k.190513.001

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“…Our study results were found to be concordant with the results of a study done in Nepal [22] and in Tamilnadu [19]. Shashi Kant [20] found the prevalence of anemia in males as 27% quite less than our study. In a study done in Meerut [16] also anemia prevalence was 32% in rural area, quite less than our study.…”

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A Comparative Study of Prevalence of Anemia and Its Risk Factors Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in the Field Practice Areas of Medical College in Gautam Buddha Nagar District

SINGH

JUNEJA²,

Purwar

et al. 2022

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: (1) The study was to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls in the field practice areas of a medical college of GautamBuddha Nagar district and (2) to assess the risk factors associated with iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls in the field practice areas of a medical college of GautamBuddha Nagar district. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls of the field practice areas of the medical college of Gautam Buddha Nagar District. The sample size came out to be 236. One school each from RHTC and UHTC was selected randomly, and all adolescent girls were enrolled in the study. Results: The present study was conducted on 684 adolescent females (251 from RHTC and 433 from UHTC) in our study period of 3 months. The prevalence of anemia in the whole population was 42%, 54.5% among rural and 35.5% of adolescents in urban area were found to be anemic at the time of the study. The factors that were found to be significantly associated with adolescent anemia were age of onset of menarche, history of albendazole intake, residing in joint family, and lower socioeconomic status. Conclusion: The prevalence was high among girls who were above 16 years of age and girls who belonged to lower socio-economic groups and belonging to rural area. There is a need for a regular supply of iron and folic acid tablets and for improving medication adherence regarding consuming these tablets among adolescent girls and also about the dietary advice.

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A Comparative Study of Prevalence of Anemia and Its Risk Factors Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in the Field Practice Areas of Medical College in Gautam Buddha Nagar District

SINGH

JUNEJA²,

Purwar

et al. 2022

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…As individual level of education is important in addressing the problem of anaemia, so is awareness about it. For instance, results from a focus group discussion conducted on adult male members revealed that although men were aware of iron tablets used for treating anaemia but thought it was provided only to pregnant women by the health system [ 12 ]. To avoid such ignorance, WHO recommends health and other community infrastructures to organize comprehensive education and information program that motivates people to take iron tablets [ 54 ].…”

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“…Given the dearth of research on men’s anaemia, the exposure variables were selected based on literature available on the current matter [ 12 , 25 ]. These included age of men (15–19, 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49 and 50–54 years), marital status (never married and currently married), men’s educational level (no education, primary, secondary and higher), men’s exposure to mass media (how often they read newspapers, listened to the radio and watched television; responses on the frequencies were: almost every day, at least once a week, less than once a week,or not at all; men were considered to have any exposure to mass media if they had exposure to any of these sources and as having no exposure if they responded with ‘not at all’ for all the three sources of media), body mass index (underweight: < 18.5 kg/m 2 , normal: 18.5–24.99 kg/m 2 , and overweight: ≥25 kg/m 2 ), tobacco use (if men used any forms of tobacco (smoke/smokeless) coded as ‘1’ yes and 0 ‘no’ otherwise), and caste [scheduled caste (SCs), scheduled tribe (STs), other backward class (OBC), and others (including all privileged caste groups)].…”

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“…A qualitative study conducted in the rural area of Haryana revealed that the knowledge and attitude toward dietary factors of anaemia were found to be conflicting among men. Despite being aware of the importance of good diet and green leafy vegetables, the study participants stated easy availability of dairy products and unaffordability of green leafy vegetables and fruits as the two main reasons of low intake of green leafy vegetables [ 12 ].

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Socio-economic inequality in anaemia among men in India: a study based on cross-sectional data

2021

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Background Undernutrition is a serious matter of public health concern in India. Existing studies, policies and programs focus on women and children thereby ignoring men in policymaking. This study examines the socio-economic inequality in anaemia levels among men in India and tries to decompose the factors behind it. Methods The fourth round of National Family Health Survey is used to fulfill the study objectives. The outcome variable of the study is men having anaemia or not. The study uses bivariate and multivariate techniques to identify the factors associated with the outcome variable. Further, concentration index and concentration curve are calculated to measure the socio-economic inequality in anaemia among men in India. Results The results indicate that majority of the socio-economic related inequality is explained by wealth quintile followed by geographical regions of India, body mass index and educational attainment. The results also emphasize that older men belong to the high-risk groups. Moreover, the likelihood of anaemia is 40% more likely among men who belonged to East region and 25%, 13% and 7 % less likely among those who belonged to Northeast, West and South region compared to those who belonged in the North region of the country. Conclusion Existing policies on anaemia should include men to achieve an anaemia free India. Individual education and awareness should be encouraged to improve nutritional status.

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“…IDA can be a result of multiple factors, most notably, iron and other nutrient deficiencies, malaria, non-specific inflammation, and genetic blood disorders. The global burden of IDA is mostly driven by females and children, but an increasing trend in males has been reported in numerous studies, most commonly resulting from chronic gastrointestinal blood loss and poor dietary choices [ 13 , 14 , 15 ]. IDA is known to occur in 2% to 5% of adult men and may have deleterious reproductive outcomes in them [ 16 ].…”

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Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia

Akhter

Hamali

Iqbal

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Male contribution towards couple infertility is increasing but is less discussed. We aimed to assess the knowledge about iron deficiency anemia (IDA) as a contributor to male infertility in students at health colleges of Jazan University. A multicentric, cross-sectional survey included 910 participants and 768 participants qualified as per our inclusion criteria. The questions were categorized as: Model 1—knowledge about IDA-induced male infertility; Model 2—knowledge about IDA. The average knowledge of IDA causing male infertility is very low among students. The 18–20 years age group had a lesser score for either knowledge of IDA (M2; p-value = 0.047) or total (p-value < 0.0001) compared to the older group. In addition, female students were significantly more likely to be better in achieving higher total scores (p-value = 0.023) as well as M2 scores (p-value < 0.0001) when compared to the respective male category. On the other hand, males were significantly better in scoring for M1 (p-value = 0.004) compared to females. Awareness about iron deficiency anemia as a factor in male infertility may reduce the infertility burden, arising from a preventable factor, in the Jazan region.

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Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Haryana, India

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

A Comparative Study of Prevalence of Anemia and Its Risk Factors Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in the Field Practice Areas of Medical College in Gautam Buddha Nagar District

A Comparative Study of Prevalence of Anemia and Its Risk Factors Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in the Field Practice Areas of Medical College in Gautam Buddha Nagar District

Socio-economic inequality in anaemia among men in India: a study based on cross-sectional data

Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia

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