Chloe Lane, Elizabeth Milne, Megan Freeth
The cognitive profile of Sotos syndrome
Journal of neuropsychology
introduction spite implementation national nutritional anemia prophylaxis program india prevalence anemia pregnancy 50 100 women one main cause high frequency anemia among antenatal women india lack iron consumption studies available literature efforts made improve compliance iron therapy line thinking decided present study use mobile phone calls reminder iron tablets method present study randomized controlled openlabel trial antenatal women gestational age 1328 weeks pregnancy diagnosed iron deficiency anemia hb 8 11 gmdl mobile phones included study recruited women randomized two groups study groups receiving standard therapy addition fortnightly mobile phone call reminders control group receiving standard therapy alone results compliance iron supplementation observed higher study group compared control group range 48 93 mean hemoglobin rise groups time delivery compared hemoglobin time recruitment study group 974 1069 control group 948 1006 statistically higher 000001 increase mean hemoglobin concentration study group 096 gmdl compared control group 059 gmdl reasons poor compliance boredom taking daily oral iron therapy 6666 constipation 37 forgetfulness 1481 heartburn 1481 statistical difference reason poor compliance iron supplementation groups conclusion present study concludes mobile phone call reminders along standard therapy iron supplementation improve compliance iron supplementation lead greater rise hemoglobin antenatal women iron deficiency anemia