Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2015

HEALTH STATUS OF COMMERCE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN A METROPOLITAN CITY

Dr Ravindra Balaram Gurav

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This cross sectional study was conducted to know the health status of the students studying in a randomly selected Commerce Junior College in a Metropolitan city. 263students present took part in the study. Of these 134(50.95%) were males and 129 (49.05%) were females. The mean age of the whole group was 16.75 years with standard deviation of 1.00 year. The mean weight of the whole group, boys, girls was 48.31, 51.10, 45.41 kg with standard deviation of 6.82, 5.43, 6.92 kg respectively. Similarly the mean height was 152.79, 155.70, 149.77 cm with standard deviation of 6.80, 6.85, 5.29 cm respectively. Also, the mean BMI was 20.68, 21.12, 20.21 kg/m2 with standard deviation of 2.80, 2.58, 2.96 kg/m2 respectively. The mean weight, mean height and mean BMI of boys and girls are compared; the difference is statistically significant (p < 0.05).109(81.34%) boys and 92(71.32%) girls were having BMI within normal range i.e.18.50 to 24.99 kg/m2. The BMI of 19(14.18%) boys and 33(25.58%) girls was below18.50 kg/m2 (p < 0.05). 06 (04.48%) boys and 04 (03.10%) girls were overweight (i.e. BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2). One girl was obese (i.e. BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). Of the 263 students, 71 (27.00 %) were having a health problem. Of the 71, 20(28.17%) were boys and 51(71.83%) were girls (p < 0.05). 08(05.97%) boys and 27(20.93%) girls were having pallor. The difference is statistically significant (p < 0.05).04(03.10%) girls were having menstrual problems like dysmenorrhoea, irregular menses, pain in abdomen.01(0.77%) girl was a known case of pulmonary tuberculosis and was under regular treatment. Periodic medical examination and regular health education sessions are essential to reduce morbidity among this group. Additional health care services should be provided to the girls. Ultimately this will improve student’s academic performance.

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DR RAVINDRA BALARAM GURAV Health Status of Commerce Junior College Students in a Metropolitan City International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 12 December 2015

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