Efficacy of Oral Supplementation of Arachis Hypogaea in Combination with Sesamum Indicum, Eleusine Coracana, Saccharum Officinarum in Improving Hemoglobin Among Teenage Girls

Abstract

A pre experimental one group pretest posttest study was conducted to investigate the Efficacy of Oral Supplementation of Arachis Hypogaea in Combination with Sesamum Indicum, Eleusine Coracana, Saccharum Officinarum in Improving Haemoglobin Among Teenage Girls in GEMS High School. Teenage girls between the age group of 13-15 years, who having Hemoglobin level according to World Health Organization (WHO) classification of anemia with mild anemia (11.0-11.9gm/dl) and Moderate anemia (8.0 to 10.9gm/dl) were recruited as study participants. After obtaining a written consent the hemoglobin level was monitored using Sahli’s hemoglobinometer and girls’ hemoglobin level less than 12gm/dl consumed one nutritional ball after breakfast along with one amala once in a day for the duration 60 days. The results of the study concluded that nutritional intervention on iron deficiency anemia was effective with paired‘t’ test, t values were calculated as 9.261 which were statistically significant at 0.05 level. The average score regarding level of hemoglobin before and after nutritional intervention in the subjects were 11.03 and 11.35 respectively. Mean difference in level of hemoglobin was .32. The paired t test statistics (paired‘t’ value=9.261, table value=2.05) shows that there was an increase in level of hemoglobin as a result of nutritional intervention was statistically significant at 0.05 level. It was found that there was significant association between the socio demographic variables such as family income, type of family and education of mother. The result of the study indicates that the oral supplementation nutritional ball helps to improve hemoglobin level.