Effectiveness of Amla Juice with Elemental Iron among Adolescent Girls on IronDeficiency Anaemia in GovernmentManohara School at Sellur, Madurai

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of amla juice with elemental iron among adolescent girls on iron deficiency anaemia and to find out the association between the levels of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls with their selected socio-demographic variables. Hypotheses: There is a significant difference between pre and post-test level of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls. There is a significant association between the levels of iron deficiency anaemia among adolescent girls with their selected socio-demographic variables. Methodology: The conceptual framework was based on Wiedenbach’s pre-experimental one group pre-test–post-test design.40 subjects were selected by purposive sampling. The study was conducted at Government Manohara School at Sellur, Madurai. After obtaining an informed consent from their parents, pre-test was done by using self administered questionnaire and anaemia symptoms were assessed with observation check list and estimation of haemoglobin by cell count method in the clinical laboratory before and after intervention. Results: The mean pre-test score was increased from 9.35 to 10.11. The ‘t’ value of 6.05 was much higher than the table value at 0.001(pre-test level of significance was 0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that amla juice with elemental iron was effective on increasing the haemoglobin level among adolescent girls.