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Health Problems in School going Adolescent Girls in field practice Area of Tertiary Care Centre | |
Dr.Mehaboobi Shaik, Dr.Moniza Maheen | |
Background: Adolescents form precious human resources in every country & constitute 18% of the total population in India. Adolescence is a period of rapid physical growth, sexual and psychological changes. The aim of the study is to assess the health problems and health issues in Adolescent girls. Their physical growths were also studied. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study carried out among school-going adolescent girls of standard 6 to 10 in the field practice area of a medical college in Hyderabad. The study duration was from February 2022 to January 2023. The data collection tool used for the study was a semi-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed by using SPSS 20 software. Results: Among the total of 904 participants 60.1% belong to the 13-15 years age group and the majority belonged to class II socioeconomic status i.e. 45.6%. Around 79.2% are having skin problems. Among them, 37.1% have hair fall problems and 25.6% have multiple problems. Girls with any episode of illness from the past 15 days show stomach pain at 22.9% and headache at 15.9%. Conclusion: Health problems were found during health check-ups, indicating the need for regular health services. |
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