Rubina Gul, Hamid Hussain, Naeemullah, Azeez Ullah Aamir, Salahuddin Zeb Khan.
Prevalence of anemia, and its effects on intelligence and emotional intelligence of 10th class students of Government Schools of District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
J Saidu Med Col Jan ;7(2):94-7.

BACKGROUND: Anemia caused from Iron deficiency is one of most wide-spread diseases in the world. School children especially the adolescence are more prone to anemia and its consequences because of their different nutritional needs. Students with low hemoglobin will have low emotional intelligence and intelligence. th OBJECTIVE: To assess frequency of anemia and its effect on intelligence and Emotional intelligence score of 10 class students of government schools of District Charsada Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. st MATERIAL & METHOD: A Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Government schools of district Charsada from 1 th February to 30 April 2016. Total of 400 students were selected by simple random sampling technique. A self administered questionnaire was implemented and blood sample were taken from those who were present on the day of blood sampling and consented to give blood sample. RESULTS: The mean intelligence test score of the students were severe anemic 32.2 ±10.8, mild anemic 37.2 ± 6, moderate anemic 37.9 ± 10.7 and non-anemic 37 ± 12, and mean scores were 24.6 ±6.9, 25.9 ± 6.1, 25.8 ±6, 25 ±5.7 respectively CONCLUSION: Intelligence and are affected if Hemoglobin levels is below 8g/dl, while above this level of Hemoglobin both of these cognitive modalities show no significant variation.

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