A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF ANAEMIA AMONG ADULT POPULATION OF WEST TRIPURA DISTRICT, NORTH EAST INDIA.

Dr. Nilratan Majumder; Dr. Rituparna Das; Dr. Ripon Debbarma; Suranjana De

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF ANAEMIA AMONG ADULT POPULATION OF WEST TRIPURA DISTRICT, NORTH EAST INDIA.

Dr. Nilratan Majumder, Dr. Rituparna Das, Dr. Ripon Debbarma, Suranjana De

Abstract :

Background: Anaemia,a nutrition–related disease is a major public health problem in developing countries. Objectives: 1. To estimate the prevalence of anaemia among adult population of West Tripura. 2. To study the sociodemographic factors associated with anaemia among them. Methodology: This was a cross–sectional study conducted among adult population of Dukli block, West Tripura District and 450 adults were included in the study. Results: The prevalence of anaemia among adults was 65.8% with 26.90%, 36.70%, and 2.20% adults suffering from mild, moderate and severe anaemia respectively. Age, sex, education and occupation were found to be significant determinants of anaemia in bivariate analysis (p value <0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that higher age and females had higher odds of having anaemia. (p value–<0.00). Conclusion:The burden of anaemia was high especially among females and in higher age group and hence screening should be done routinely even in higher age groups.