Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Adolescence is the period of rapid growth and maturation. Morbidities are common among school‐going adolescents and this cross‐sectional study was planned in Agra city of Uttar Pradesh with the objective to find the presence of morbidities and their associated factors. A descriptive, observational, cross‐sectional study was conducted across selected government and private schools in Agra city of Uttar Pradesh. A sample size of 480 was calculated and equal number of boy and girl students were taken from each class of private and government schools. A multistage random sampling technique was used to draw the required sample size. Appropriate statistical tests were applied. Only 30.8% of school‐going adolescents have no morbidity at present., while rest 69.2% has one or more morbidities. Presence of morbidities was significantly higher among adolescents aged 17‐19 years (p<0.005), females (p=0.023) and students of 11th standard (p=0.014). Similarly., students belonging to lower‐middle and upper‐lower socio‐economic classes (p=0.014), having middle schooled mothers (p=0.001), studying in government schools (p=0.001), not using auto‐mobile as mode of transport to school (p=0.007) and consuming less than 400 grams of fruits and vegetables per days (p value=0.003) had significantly higher chances of morbidity in compared to their counterparts. Regular health check‐up of school going adolescent is the need of the hour as more than 2/3rd of them have at least one or more morbidities at present. Female and older students, students of government schools, students whose mothers are lesser educated and students belonging to lower and lower‐middle socio‐economic class should be given extra attention during routine/additional school health services as they have higher chances of morbidities.
How to cite this article:
Rinu Kumar, Shailendra Singh Chaudhary, Pooja Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar Misra and Manisha Madhukar Nagargoje. Study of Factors Affecting Morbidities Among School‐Going Adolescents in Agra.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.11.248.252
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