A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Beetroot Juice on Hemoglobin Level among Adolescent Girls in Government Inter College, Mothrowala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Introduction: Adolescence is a time of intense physical growth. It is also a stage of stress and strain. Most of them are having poor access to proper health care, nutrition and education. Teenagers falling approximately between the ages of 10 to 19 years, adolescence are characterized by physical changes, more complex and hidden changes occur in an adolescent’s attitude, outlook, and self-identity. Heavy monthly flow puts female adolescents at risk for iron deficiency anemia, with an incidence of about 9%, and another 15% to 20% of them have iron insufficiency without anemia. The prevalence of anemia among six groups as per the National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-21), is 25.0 percent in men (15-49 years) and 57.0 percent in women (15-49 years). 31.1 percent in adolescent boys (15-19 yrs.), 59.1 percent in adolescent girls,52.2 percent in pregnant women (15-49 years) and 67.1percent in children (6-59 months). Beetroot juice is possibly the best natural remedy for anemia. It has a high iron content that restores red blood cells while supplying oxygen and increasing the blood count. Methodology: In this study Quantitative research approach was used for this study. A study was to assess the effectiveness of beetroot juice on hemoglobin level among adolescent girls in government Inter college. The research design selected was pre and post-test design by purposive sampling techniques. The study was conducted in 60 adolescent girls of government inter college, Dehradun. The standardized hemoglobin scale as per who criteria was as a tool for data collection. The research tool consists of 2 sections. section A include demographic variable section B include standardized hemoglobin scale as per who. The collected data was analyses and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result- Statistical finding revealed that in the pre-test, mean score of hemoglobin in experimental group was 10.88 ± 1.124 and the pos- test mean was 11.87±1.194. The mean difference was 0.99 and the calculated paired 't' value 3.957 was found to be statistically at P ≤ 0.05 level. In the pre-test, mean score of hemoglobin in control group was 11.24 ± 0.972 and the post-test mean score was 11.34 ± 0.959. The mean difference was 0.1 and the calculated paired 't' value 0.00017 was found to be statistically not significant at P ≤ 0.05 level. In the pre- test mean score of hemoglobin was 10.88 in experimental group whereas in the control group the pre -test mean score was 11.24. The mean difference was 0.36 and the calculated unpaired 't' value 0.1063 was found to be statistically not significant at p ≤ 0.05 level. In the post- test mean score of hemoglobin was 11.87 in experimental group whereas in the control group the post -test mean score was 11.34. The mean difference was 0.53 and the calculated unpaired 't' value 2.65 was found to be statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05 level. Conclusion- This study concluded that beetroot juice administration was effective in increasing the hemoglobin level among adolescent girls.