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Revista de Enfermería del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

2008, Number 1

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Rev Enferm IMSS 2008; 16 (1)

Prevalencia de anemia en estudiantes de enfermería

Velasco-Rodríguez R, Del Toro-Equihua M, Mora-Brambila AB, Olmedo-Buenrostro BA, Godínez-Gómez R, López-Flores DA, Saucedo-Tellechea AB

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 7-12
PDF size: 122.97 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Anemia is defined as the decrease in the concentration of hemoglobin under limits that are considered as normal for a determined group of individuals about the same age, gender, and environmental conditions.
Objective: To identify the prevalence of anemia by gender and semester in nursing students.
Methodology: Transversal and descriptive study that compare two groups of nursing students (1st. and 5th n=37 each) whose school time-spending differ significantly according to the current curriculum. The diagnosis of anemia was done through spectralphotometric analysis of serum hemoglobin concentration. Descriptive statistics were utilized to determine frequency and prevalence; χ 2 with OR to assess the association of anemia with the semester that is being taken and t-student to compare the average hemoglobin values by gender and semester, obtaining p≤0.05 in both tests.
Results: Prevalence by gender: 23.3% women taking the 5th semester had anemia, related to women taking the first one (3.3%). 14.3% men taking the 5th semester had anemia, meanwhile those in first semester did not report any positive case. Prevalence by semester: 5th semester had 21.6% and 1st semester 2.7%. χ2 analysis showed significant differences between prevalence in both groups (p=0.03); t-student gave evidence for significant differences between both groups regarding to the average values of hemoglobin in women (p=0.001), but not in men (p=0.86).
Conclusions: Prevalence of anemia was more frequent in women than men, and the 5th semester was in which both genders had more cases of low hemoglobin and consequently anemia.


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