1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, IGIMS, Patna
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, IGIMS, Patna
3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, IGIMS, Patna
4Professor & H.O.D, Department of Physiology, IGIMS, Patna
*Corresponding author: Dr. Tarun Kumar Associate Professor Department of physiology Quarter No. E-1.2, IGIMS campus Sheikhpura, Patna, PIN. 800014 Email id: omtarun_2005@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 February, 2016.
The study was conducted to assess the relationship between the level of hemoglobin content and the academic performance among adolescent girls.
The participants of the study were 168 adolescent girls of Rajkiyai Madhya Vidyalay, Sheikhpura, Patna. The adolescent girls were taken from the age group of 13–16 years. The study design was cross-sectional experimental. Hemoglobin content of the subjects was estimated by Cyanmethemoglobin method. 64.3% adolescent girls were found to be anemic, out of which 8 girls being severely anemic excluded from the study. The academic performance of 60 mild to moderate anemic and 60 non-anemic girls was assessed by the institutional unit-completion test, monthly conducted by the school administration.
The experimental study showed that there was a significant positive correlation between anemia and poor academic performance among the adolescent girls (r = 0.6624).
Academic performance, Adolescent girl, Anemia
