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Preventive Medicine 2018 Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 2572-5483 Page 44
July 16-17, 2018
London, UK
9th Edition of International Conference on
Preventive Medicine
& Public Health
Introduction: A rise in elderly population is noted in India not
just in absolute numbers buts also in proportion. Anaemia in
elderly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality
and aggravating the comorbidities. Lack of quality information
in community-based elderly exists, hence, our study aimed to
estimate the prevalence of anaemia among community-dwelling
elderly persons and qualify the same morphologically.
Methodology: Rural community-based, cross-sectional study
among elderly person’s 60 years was conducted in December
2016 and May 2017 in Haryana, India. A sample size of 396 was
calculated and participants were selected randomly from the
health and demographic surveillance system. The pre-tested
self-developed semi-structured questionnaire was administered
and a capillary blood specimen was used to estimate hemoglobin
using HemoCue method. WHO cutoff’s for anaemia was used
and morphology of anaemia was ascertained by examination of
peripheral blood smears.
Results: Prevalence of anaemia among community-dwelling
elderly persons was 28.3(95% C.I. 24-32.9). Anaemia was more
prevalent in elderly males (28.6, 95% CI 22.8- 35.1) than in elderly
females (27.9, 95% CI 22.1-34.6). Prevalence increased with
each passing decade (24.4, 31.1, and 37.2). Normocytic anaemia
was most commonly found the type of anaemia morphologically
(49.5%).
Conclusions: Prevalence of anaemia among community-dwelling
elderly is high and is of public health concern. Routine screening
for anaemia as part of geriatric health care services should be
incorporated.
Biography
ManishaMandal, MBBS pursuing her MD degree fromCenter for Communi-
ty Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Almost one-third elderly persons affected with anaemia – a
cross-sectional community based study from rural India
Manisha Mandal1, Shashi Kant, Partha Haldar, Ravneet Kaur, Kapil Yadav and
Renu Saxena
1All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Manisha Mandal et al., J Prev Med 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5483-C1-002