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Filter by:The goal of this to measure the effect of supplementation of Yellow Pumpkin Seed Extract Capsules in pregnant women on hemoglobin levels and nutritional status of pregnant women. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - is there a difference in changes in nutritional status (increase in body weight and MUAC) in pregnant women who receive supplementation of Pumpkin Seed Extract Capsules and iron tablets - is there a difference in changes in hemoglobin levels in pregnant women who receive supplementation of Pumpkin Seed Extract Capsules and iron tablets. The research sample was divided into two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. In the intervention group, pregnant women received pumpkin seed extract capsules for 12 weeks, while the control group received iron tablets for 12 weeks as well. Measurements of nutritional status (including measurements of body weight and Mid Upper Arm Circumference/MUAC) were carried out before and after the intervention and were monitored every month until 12 weeks when the intervention was carried out. As for measuring blood hemoglobin levels, it was taken before the intervention and after the intervention for 12 weeks
130 pregnant women with Iron deficiency anemia, in the 2nd trimester (microcytic hypochromic anemia, hemoglobin range from 9-10.5g/dl, serum ferritin less than 12 ng/ml), from the outpatient clinics in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, in Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, will be enrolled and distributed into one of 2 groups by a computer generated random number table. Each of the 2 groups will receive 2 medication for 2 months with specific instruction to increase iron absorption. One group named L will receive powders of bovine lactoferrin and tablets of placebo form, the 2nd named F will receive ferrous sulphate tablet and placebo in powder form. Hemoglobin concentration, packed-cell volume (PCV) , mean cell volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), Serum ferritin will be done at the start and the end of the treatment period.
The general goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of POC technologies for diagnosis of syphilis, quantitative analysis for hemoglobin and CD4 counting performed within MCH services to improve maternal and infant health. A prospective, quasi-experimental study will be done in Cabo Delgado province, where health facilities will be randomized in an intervention or comparison arm. Outcomes on maternal and infant health will be measured.