A Study to evaluate the Effectiveness of nutrition ball on haemoglobin level among adolescent girls with iron deficiency anaemia at selected industry Hostel in Madurai

A Study to evaluate the Effectiveness of nutrition ball on haemoglobin level among adolescent girls with iron deficiency anaemia at selected industry Hostel in Madurai. Health is a fundamental human right and health is central to the concept of quality life. Adolescent is a period of second decade of life. Eating right food right time will prevent the nutritional deficiencies especially iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia is a public problem that is increasing throughout the world especially in developing countries. The study was aimed to assessing the haemoglobin level and improves the haemoglobin level through nutrition ball intervention. METHODOLOGY: A quantitative approach Quasi experimental – one group pre test and post test design was used in this study. A sample size of 60 adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia selected by Non probability Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the samples. The modified Abdellah‘s Typology of Nursing Problems model (1960) was adopted for this study. The stool used for this study was demographic variables of adolescent girls, Clinical assessment of symptoms of anemia with observation checklist, Clinical assessment of hemoglobin estimation among adolescent girls before and after nutritional intervention (Sahli‘s method of haemoglobin testing). FINDING OF THE STUDY: It reveals that the ‘t' value 18.48 was much higher than the table value at 0.001 (pre set level of significance was 0.05). The mean post test score of haemoglobin level will be significantly higher than their mean test score of haemoglobin level. The symptoms are reduced after nutrition ball intervention. CONCLUSION: Deworming and Nutrition ball intervention provided to the adolescent girls improved their heamoglobin level and reduced the symptoms of anemia there by incidence of complications of anemia was prevented.