abstract background: to determine daily calcium, vitamin d intake and serum biochemical findings of rickets in adolescent girls. methods: a total of 414 healthy adolescent student girls aged 11-15 years were evaluated from various areas of tehran, iran with different socioeconomic status. a randomized, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study was undertaken for calculation of daily ca...

background & aim : diabetes with permanent changes in a person’s lifestyle may influence diabetic adolescent quality of life (qol) negatively. studies conducted on diabetic patients are increasingly measuring patient-centered outcomes such as functional status and health-related qol (hrqol). the development of a hrqol questionnaire with an optimal measuring performance provides nurses with a st...

Objective: To find out the effect of dydrogesterone drug on menstral cycle of adolescent girl. Study design: A total of 50 adolescent girl (16-19 years) who were suffering from irregular menstruation were recruited for this study from April 2008 to February 2009, at JNM Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Results: Menstrul cycle was found to be regular within 6 months of treatment along with...

Prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girl students of Assam, a north-eastern state of India, was evaluated along with its associating determinants. The present study revealed that anaemia is a major public health problem among adolescent girl students of Assam. The overall prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girl students of Assam is as high as 71.5%. Non-nutritional factors such as infect...

Accidental genital trauma is most commonly caused by straddle-type injuries and is usually treatable by nonoperative management, and most of the injuries have a good prognosis. When the bleeding occurred due to straddle injury in adolescent girl, experienced gynecological examination and treatment were very important. We experienced a case of straddle injury to the posterior fourchette that cau...

Objectives: Adolescents remain largely neglected and especially girl from a deprived section in our society. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the nutritional status of early adolescent school girl from rural and urban areas. The study was, therefore, carried out to determine and compare the nutritional status of adolescent girl attending urban and rural secondary schools in Paschim M...