Open AccessHealth Problems in University Students - A Case Study
Author(s) -
P. Sankara Pitchaiah,
Nazia Sultana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-602X
pISSN - 2395-6011
DOI - 10.32628/ijsrst196147
Subject(s) - the arts , health science , health problems , medicine , irritable bowel syndrome , medical science , family medicine , psychology , medical education , psychiatry , political science , law
Health problems are common among male and female students. The present study was aimed to examine the seasonal, allergy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other health problems among the Arts and Science students of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. The study found that a high percent of Science students have health problems compared to Arts students. 13.71 % of Science students have seasonal health problems, 5.65% have allergy, 6.05 % have IBS and 9.27% have other than these problems. In the case of Arts students the percentages are 3.75, 1.50, 1.22 and 1.50 respectively. It is also observed that seasonal problems are high among the university students compared to remaining problems. The study concluded that the health problems are high in female than male students.