ROLE OF IRON SUCROSE INFUSION IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN A RURALAREA OF CHENGALPATTU DISTRICT-TAMILNADU.

Abstract

Introduction: Anaemia is a serious public health problem which is prevalent among young children and pregnant women. WHO denes anaemia as haemoglobin (Hb) <11 g %1 In India, the ICMR classication of iron deciency anaemia is: 8-11 g% as mild, 5-8 g % as moderate and <5 g% as severe anaemia. This study is mainly to assess the effect of Iron sucrose infusion in the improvement of hemoglobin level in pregnant women in a eld practice area of rural Block PHC- Chunampet, Tamilnadu.Methodology: Government Block Rural PHC-Chunampet is the only Government health facility in that area, surrounding 15 km. In Government Block Rural PHC-Chunampet, they are regularly monitoring haemoglobin level to rule out anaemia and providing iron sucrose infusion depending upon the hemoglobin level for improvement of anaemia. We have reviewed the data from January-2021 to December-2021. All Pregnant women who visited Government Block Rural PHC-Chunampet during the study period, (from January-2021 to December-2021) were included in the study. We entered the data in excel sheet and analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: Among the 143 study participants, 67 (47.9%) participants belonged to the age group 21-25 years and 52 participants (36.4%) belonged to the age group 26 - 30 years Before Iron sucrose Intervention, the mean Hb level was 9.023 (+ 0.77). After Iron sucrose Intervention, the mean Hb level was 9.755 (+ 0.79). Conclusion: The study has shown that iron sucrose injection has been effective in increasing the Hb levels in all gestational ages of pregnancy. The intervention proved to be most effective in primi gravida women, reducing the number of women with Hb less than 10g/dl by 37.1% from 96.6% to 58.6% after administration of iron sucrose.