1The Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia
Iron is essential for maintaining the health of the body and the system for producing red blood cells. Alternative iron fulfillment for postpartum mothers is to consume vegetables or herbs that contain high iron in the food menu. This study was to determine the effect of citrus-dates juice extract (Phoenix dactylifera L) on changes in the blood profile of postpartum mothers.
This study used randomized Control Group Design With pretest and post-test. The population of all postpartum mothers in the Semarang City Regional Health Center numbered 17 treatment groups and 17 control groups, taken by random cluster sampling. The independent t-test was applied to analyze the data.
The characteristics of the respondents of the two groups were mostly reproductive, parity was almost the same between primipara and multipara. The nutritional status had a body mass index in normal conditions, and the diet was mostly good. Descriptive analysis of respondents ’blood profiles before treatment was an average hemoglobin level of 10.8 mg/dl, hematocrit value of 31.9%, mean erythrocytes of 3.70 million/mm3, platelets 227 cells/mm3. Bivariate analysis showed that there were differences in hemoglobin, hematocrit levels erythrocyte, platelets in the group given citrus date juice compared to the control group.
Citrus-dates juice extract is better in stabilizing and improving hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocytes, and platelets, so the need for socialization at that citrus-dates juice extract for postpartum mothers as an alternative to raise the profile of the blood.
Citrus date juice, blood profile, postpartum mother, iron
