Local Culture-Based Nutrition Education Intervention on Iron Supplement Tablets (IST) Consumption Compliance in Female Adolescents at Ogan Komering Ilir Regency: A Quasi-Experimental Protocol Study

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Anemia; Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Iron Supplement Tablets

• Registration Number: NCT06009575
• Lead Sponsor: Universitas Sriwijaya

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the impact of a local culture-based nutritional education intervention on IST consumption compliance among female adolescents in the Ogan Komering Ilir Regency. The main questions it aims to answer are:

a To identify information for the development of a local culture-based nutrition education model and to build a ready-to-implement local culture-based nutrition education model.

b. To evaluate the implementation of the Anemia Prevention and Control Program among female adolescents in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency.

c. To test the impact of the local culture-based nutrition education model on the improvement of knowledge, attitude, and IST consumption compliance among female adolescents.

Participants will received IST and local culture-based nutrition education. Researchers will compare control group received IST as the Ministry of Health's program for the prevention of anemia with a subsidy for providing IST

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-31
• Study Completion: 2022-01-31
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-24
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

• public schools have received the IST program from the government, and the distance between schools is at least 10 kilometers
• students enrolled in grade 11, age range 15-17 years, menstruating, owning a smartphone, having an Instagram account, and obtaining parental approval to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria

• schools that are currently the object of another study and are difficult to reach (remote areas)
• students who have a BMI value≤ -3 SD and do not watch complete educational videos for the sample in the intervention group

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	Iron Supplement Tablets	-
intervention group	Iron Supplement Tablets	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Educational Intervention	12 Weeks	The local culture to be used was based on the results of a qualitative study conducted prior to the intervention, where Kelakar Betok is the local culture preferred by female adolescents, used as a means of nutrition education. Subsequently, the social media used in nutrition education publicity is Instagram. Nutrition education is provided in the form of educational videos based on local culture broadcasted through the Instagram account @remaja.bebasanemia.
Iron Supplement Tablet (IST) Administration	16 Weeks	The IST used as an intervention consists of IST containing 60 mg FeSO4 and 400 mcg of folic acid, which is a government program. The program policy for administering IST to female adolescents is carried out once a week in the year, which was given in a blanket approach. This supplementation was carried out at educational institutions. The schools that receive iron tablets are Junior High Schools and Senior High Schools

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Anita Rahmiwati; 🇮🇩 Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia