Weekly and daily ferrous sulphate supplementation for control of anaemia in menstruating adolescents
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Anaemic menstruating adolescent girls
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010453
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sangeeta A Moreshwar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 517
Inclusion Criteria
Adolescent girls
1.Studying in selected schools of higher primary and high schools of Handignur PHC and consented to participate in the study
2.Attained menarche
3.Hb less than 12gm/dl
4. Age group 12 to 16 years
Exclusion Criteria
Following adolescent girls were excluded from the intervention
1.Severely anaemic girls i.e. Hb less than 8gm/dl (referred to KLEâ??s Charitable Hospital for treatment)
2.Have history of any bleeding disorders
3.Known cases of systemic diseases.
4.Not attending the school regularly.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect of 200mg of ferrous sulphate of daily and weekly supplementation (three months) in anaemic menstruating school going adolescent girls.Timepoint: Followed every four weeks starting from the baseline to twelveth week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in haemoglobin levels at one month and two months <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline Vs one months and two months