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Assessment of prevalence and factors related to health issues among women attending to hospital settings in visakhapatnam
N. Hema Madhuri, Gampa Varshini, Kotana Anoohya, Swetha Sri Sahu, Battini Sai Sirisha
Year : 2026 | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 254-264
Received on: 03/06/2026
Revised on: 28/07/2026
Accepted on: 19/08/2026
Published on: 30/09/2026
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N. Hema Madhuri, Gampa Varshini, Kotana Anoohya, Swetha Sri Sahu, Battini Sai Sirisha( 2026).
Assessment of prevalence and factors related to health issues among women attending to hospital settings in visakhapatnam
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 11( 5), 254-264.
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Abstract
This research aims to investigate the prevalence of diseases to the susceptible women and their associated factors, particularly in developing countries with a focus on India. Our study is a prospective observational study involving 300 study participants who are facing various kinds of problems such as reproduction, malnutrition, sanitation, mental health disorders, genetical disorders & chronic diseases at tertiary care hospital Anil Neerukonda Hospital in Visakhapatnam district. The Information was obtained through direct interaction with patients from different departments and they’re diagnosed through patient medical report, laboratory report & general examination. In the study, 300 sample size was taken. Women about 40% belong to 51-65 age group were attending with different disease conditions and most of the women are suffering with Gynaecological, Nephrological and Neurological diseases. We reported a prevalence of factors like Age (18.8%), Life style choice (14.4), Environmental factors (13.5), Nutritional deficiency (13.5). The statistical analysis performed are Degrees of freedom and Prevalence. The chi square test resulted as 79.592 and degrees of freedom is 8. The chi square trend is equal to 17.115 and P value observed is (>0.000). This shows there is a significance linear trend among Age, Life style choice, Nutritional deficiency and disease condition among women. Women’s health issues encompass a diverse range of medical conditions that effect their physical, mental and social well-being across various life stages. Many factors like Age, Lifestyle choices, Environmental conditions and Nutritional deficiency observed commonly effecting women health conditions.
Keywords
Women’ s health, Anemia, Chronic diseases, Reproductive health, Multimorbidity.
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