Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia on Academic Performance among Primary School Children | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 24, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 418-432 PDF (593.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.141885 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed1; Amel abd Elaziem Mohamed2; Huwida Hamdy Abd El-Monem3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor at Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Lecture of Community Health Nursing Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Lecture of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, El-Fayoum University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction: anemia due to iron deficiency is considered a common global risk between primary school children that have a serious effect on their academic performance. The current study aim was to investigate the effect of iron deficiency anemia on academic performance among primary school children. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional correlational research design was used. Materials and methods: included 720 primary school children who selected randomly from two primary schools at Sohag city in October 2019 aged 6 to 12 years. Tools: A structured questionnaire filled in by the parents and the Raven Standards Progressive Matrices test was used to measure cognitive function and school academic performance. Iron level was determined by measuring hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations. Results: In this study most of primary school children 82.0% suffered from intellectual deficit. Academic performance on the Raven Standards Progressive Matrices test was associated significantly with anemia due to iron deficit (p=0.035). A positive significant relationship was found between ferritin values and academic performance between children (p=0.001). Conclusion: anemia due to iron deficiency anemia between children had effect on academic performance impairments. Recommendation: Encourage health educational program for parents about children’s nutritional requirements specially iron requirement and frequent blood testing is required. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Iron deficiency anemia; academic performance; primary school children | ||||
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