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In between rural and urban population going to compare Vitamin B12 status and its knowledge

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Participants who come for routine checkup
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/08/020984
Lead Sponsor
Institutional seed money
Brief Summary

Study will be started after getting approval from Institutional research committee and Institutional ethical committee Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and CTRI registration.Permission from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal will be taken. Reproductive aged women visits hospital for routine checkup. If the reproductive age women is given with any blood investigation forms we will be asking their informed consent to use the left over serum samples or to collect additional 2 ml plain sample and to collect urine sample for homocysteine and MMA Details regarding demography, education, food habit, supplementation will be collected as per proforma. Complete blood picture result will be collected from the medical records after obtaining permission from Medical Superintendent.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria

Group 1: Women’s of reproductive age from rural population.

Exclusion Criteria

For both group: women’s who are on vitamin B12 supplementation, antibiotic therapy, inflammatory diseases, with any malignancy, thyroid problem, diabetes mellitus, and mental disorder.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The difference in Knowledge, attitude and practice between rural and urban reproductive women population1 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Comparision of Vitamin B12 status between rural and urban reproductive women1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manipal College of Health Professions

🇮🇳

Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Manipal College of Health Professions
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Saritha Kamath U
Principal investigator
9844344459
saritha.kamath@manipal.edu

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