ISSN: 2474-9230
Authors: Chhabra S*, Varma Shivkumar P and Khandekar A
Background: Anaemia, most common due to iron deficiency affects all ages in many populations and has become major public health global concern. Attempts continue to prevent. Objective: was to know efficacy of allopathic, ayurvedic medication, nutritional advice on women with mild, moderate anaemia with no obvious disorders which could cause anaemia. Material Methods: Institute based study was carried out after taking ethics committee’s approval. Study subjects were women of 15 to 49 years from outpatient of obstetrics gynaecology. They had disorders but not those which could have caused anaemia. Volunteers, relatives or friends of patients, were explained, included after looking into inclusion criteria. No one refused and 75% were patients. After checking haemoglobin women with mild, moderate anaemia were given medication monthly for 6 months. Nutritional advocacy was done using booklet. Total 904 anaemic women were divided in 4 groups randomly, group A Allopathic medication, group An Allopathic medication with nutritional advice, group B: Ayurvedic medication, group Bn: Ayurvedic medication with nutritional advice. Results: 1330 women screened, 904(67.96%), 168(18.6%), moderately and 736(81.41%) were mildly anaemic. Of them only 562(62.2%) women took medication though provided free, 104(61.90%) of moderately anaemic 458(62.22%), mildly anaemic. After 180 days of 104 moderately anaemic 72(69.21%) became nonanaemic, 32(30.8%) mildly anaemic and of 458 mildly anaemic, 430(93.9%) became non-anaemic women. 28(6.1%) remained mildly anaemic. Subjective analysis revealed feeling very good in most, no change in few. No one talked of negative effects. Some had side effects. Conclusion: It is essential to find ways of appropriate iron intake to prevent anaemia. In very small numbers anaemia did not change in spite of giving iron which needs research. Research on behavioural aspect is needed as noncompliance was in large numbers even with free medication.
Keywords: Women; Reproductive Age; Anaemia; Medication; Efficacy
