CORRELATION OF LEVEL OF HAEMOGLOBIN WITH IRON AND VITAMIN C AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA UNDERGOING NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT THERAPY

Abstract

The aim of the study is to find the correlation of haemoglobin with iron and vitamin c among adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia undergoing nutritional support therapy at selected higher secondary school in Bangalore, Karnataka. Materials and Methods: An experimental design with pre test and post test control group was used for the study. The total sample consists of 120 adolescent girls between the age group of 14‐17 years studying at selected higher secondary school using simple random sampling method. The sixty participants from Srigandhadakaval Public School was taken to control group and sixty participants from Gangothri Public School was taken to experimental group. Haemoglobin is estimated by using automated hematology analyser, iron by Ferene method and vitamin C by HPLC method. The Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient was carried out to correlate between level of haemoglobin vitamin c and iron. Results: Showed that the level of haemoglobin and vitamin C were highly correlated except in experimental pre test, the level of haemoglobin and iron were marginally correlated in control group as well as in the experimental group. Whereas the level of vitamin c and iron correlated in control group not in the experimental group. Conclusion: There was a positive correlation between level of haemoglobin with iron and vitamin C.