PMID- 28658816
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2249-782X (Print)
IS  - 0973-709X (Electronic)
IS  - 0973-709X (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 5
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Prevalence of Anaemia in Kerala State, Southern India - A Systematic Review.
PG  - LE01-LE04
LID - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24681.9951 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is the most common nutritional problem affecting children, 
      adolescents and women. A systematic review was undertaken to find out the 
      prevalence of anaemia and to identify the trend in the prevalence of anaemia in 
      Kerala state, Southern India. AIM: The aim of the review was to identify the 
      prevalence of anaemia in Kerala and to comment on its trend across last 25 years. 
      MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed and google scholar searches and scanning of 
      reference lists were used to identify studies. All population based studies on 
      anaemia from Kerala, irrespective of its designs, published between Jan 1(st) 
      1990 to Dec 31(st) 2015 were included. Data extraction and quality assessment 
      were carried out using structured proformas. Due to the heterogeneity of reviewed 
      studies, meta-analysis was not done. A narrative approach was used. RESULTS: A 
      total of 10 studies in addition to two major survey reports- National Family 
      Health Survey (NFHS) and District Level Household Survey (DLHS) were included in 
      the final analysis. Prevalence of anaemia among adolescents from recent study 
      reports was around 30% and prevalence of severe anaemia was less than 1% in all 
      studies. Anaemia among tribal women and children were in the range of 78.3% to 
      96.5%. A key finding of this review was the paucity of data and inconsistency in 
      haemoglobin estimation methods and population characteristics which made 
      comparisons impossible. CONCLUSION: The current prevalence of anaemia in Kerala 
      is unclear. Though, there are many studies and reports regarding prevalence of 
      anaemia in the state, those results could not be combined due to non uniform 
      haemoglobin estimation methods. Standardised prospective study of general 
      population including subgroups will be necessary.
FAU - Rakesh, PuruShothama Suseela
AU  - Rakesh PS
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Amrita Institute of 
      Medical Sciences, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham, Kerala, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20170501
PL  - India
TA  - J Clin Diagn Res
JT  - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR
JID - 101488993
PMC - PMC5483718
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Haemoglobin estimation
OT  - Iron deficiency
OT  - Micronutrient deficiency
EDAT- 2017/07/01 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/01 06:01
PMCR- 2017/07/01
CRDT- 2017/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/02/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PHST- 2017/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/01 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24681.9951 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 May;11(5):LE01-LE04. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24681.9951. 
      Epub 2017 May 1.