Instant Drink of Tamarillo as a Supplementation for Reducing Anemia in Teenage Girl

Abstract

Background

Anemia in teenage girl is a condition when the hemoglobin level less than 12 gr / dl. One causes of anemia in teenage girls is iron deficiency due to rapid growth in adolescents which causes an increase in nutrient requirements to compensate for their needs. One of the government programs to overcome anemia is by giving Blood Add Tablet (TTD) and food supplementation. The nutritional content of iron-dried tamarillo is 23.603 mg, vitamin C 611.407 mg, vitamin A 1,549 mg per 100 grams of dried tamarillo. Instant drink of tamarillo is a practical product that has the same taste as the fresh fruit, the storage is more durable than the fresh fruit.

Objective

To prove the Instant drink of tamarillo as supplementation for anemic teenage girls.

Methods

Quasy Eksperimental with nonrandomized pretest posttest with control group design. The research subjects were anemic teenage girls, HB 8-11.9 gr / dl, 36 respondents divided into 2 intervention groups 16 respondents and controls 16 respondents. The intervention group was given an Instant drink of tamarillo of 44 gr and fe tablet 1x a day for 14 days while the control group was given tablet fe 1x per day for 14 days. HB, measured by Hematology Analizer. Wilcoxon Rank paired T test and Mann Whitney U Test.

Results

There were significant differences in hemoglobin levels before and after being given 44gr and tablet fe instant drinks before the average treatment of 11.21 gr / dl and after treatment 12.24 gr / dl with a difference of 1.03 gr / dl, p value 0.001. There was a significant difference in mean hemoglobin levels before and after the fe tablet was given in the control group ie 11.17 gr / dl after the average treatment of 11.72 gr / dl with a difference of 0.55 gr / dl, p value 0.001. There were significant differences in hemoglobin levels between groups where the hemoglobin level of the intervention group 12.24 gr / dl was higher than the control group 11.72 gr / dl with a difference of 0.52 gr / dl with p value 0.022.

Conclusion

Instant drink of tamarillo 44 gr and Fe tablets 1x / day for 14 days increased hemoglobin, hematocrit and erythrocyte levels in anemic adolescents.

Suggestion

Instant drink of tamarillo can be used as supplementation to overcome anemia.