Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among school-going adolescent girls in schools of Dhankuta municipality, Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent girls are more vulnerable to anemia, especially in low and middle-income countries like Nepal. It is due to early marriage and pregnancy, rapid physical growth, low body weight, economic disparities, heavy menstrual bleeding, and inadequate iron diet. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among school-going adolescent girls. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 405 adolescent girls using a stratified random sampling technique from both public and private schools. A statistical analysis was performed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 software. The frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation were used to describe the characteristics of the participants. Binary logistic regression was pe

SUBMITTER: Ghimire M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407645 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature