AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AMLA JUICE AND HONEY ON IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA AMONG SELECTED BATCH OF BSC NURSING STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF NURSING FORT, BENGALURU

Adolescence is a vulnerable period in the human life cycle for the development of nutritional anemia, which has been constantly neglected by public health programs. Girls are more likely to be a victim due to various reason. In a family with limited resources, the female child is more likely to be neglected. She is deprived of good food and education, and is utilized as an extra working hand to carry out the household chores. The added burden of menstrual blood loss, normal or abnormal, precipitates the crisis too often. Amla juice and honey as an alternative treatment to reduce anemia and to determine the effectiveness of amla juice with honey to improve the hemoglobin for the treatment of anemia of adolescent girls. Amla remains a popular tonic consumed across the Globe. Eating a Amla everyday also helps in improving hemoglobin in blood and curing Anemia. Objective: The main objective of the study were to assess the effectiveness of amla juice with honey to improve the hemoglobin level in adolescent girls with anemia. Methodology: The research design selected for the study was one group pretest-posttest design. A purposive sampling techniques was followed to obtain a sample of 25 selected batch of Bsc nursing students for experimental group and 25 selected batch of Bsc nursing students for control group who satisfied the inclusion criteria were included for the study. A digital hemoglobin meter was used for the study. Pre-test haemoglobin levels of both experimental and control group samples were checked using standardized digital haemoglobin meter. The investigator will do de-worming for the selected samples with antihelmintic, Tab. Albendazole 400mg before administration of amla juice and honey . Amla juice with honey is prepared by adding 100gm amla in 100 ml of water and one teaspoon honey is added given to each student once in a day orally empty stomach to the experimental group for consecutive 21days and control group does not receive any treatment .Finally post test hemoglobin level was estimated using the same instrument. Ethical aspect of this study maintained throughout the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: This study reveals that among the selected 25 samples, the pretest score in experimental group,72% of adolescent girls were mild anemic ,28% were moderate anemic , and nil was severe anemic. the post test score in experimental group,92% of adolescent girls were mild anemic and 8% were moderate anemic.