Abstract
The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of selected nursing interventions on control of anemia and worm infestations among male adolescents at Madurai. This study was employed at true experimental research design. Totally 60 male adolescents were included in the study. The study result showed that control group pretest mean hemoglobin value was 9.86 and standard deviation 0.54. Posttest meanhemoglobin 9.84 and standard deviation 0.60. Difference in mean percentage was 0.02. Worm infection status was same (46.7 % no worm and 53.3% worm infestation) in pretest and posttest without any change. Among experimental group pretest mean hemoglobin value was 10.30 and standard deviation 0.78. Posttest mean 12.23 and standard deviation 1.05. Difference in mean percentage was 1.93. Worm infection status of pretest showed that 60% of the participants had worm load and 40 % no worm infection but in posttestall participants of experimental group were free from worm infection. The t value was 9.09 and p value of the study was less than 0.001.
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