Open AccessThe Effect of Giving Avocados (Persea americana Mill) and Guava (Psidium guajava Linn) on Hemoglobin Levels in Traditional Rice Farmers
Author(s) -
Riastri Sri Utari,
Yuliani Setyaningsih,
Ari Suwondo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/448/1/012027
Subject(s) - psidium , persea , toxicology , horticulture , population , hemoglobin , traditional medicine , medicine , mathematics , biology , environmental health
Data of Puskesmas (Public Health Center) profile was obtained from Hiang Lestari village midwife, showed that 38% of rice farmers develop anemia. The objective of research was to find out the effect of Avocado (Persea americana mill) and Guava ( Psidium guajava linn) administration on Hemoglobin level in Traditional Rice Farmers in Hiang Lestari village. This study was a quasi-experiment research with Pretest-Posttest with control group design . The population of research was all traditional female farmers fulfilling the inclusion criteria. The sample consisted of 30 persons, taken using purposive sampling, divided into 3 treatment groups: avocado, guava, and combined avocado and guava consumption. Analysis was conducted using T Paired Sample Test . The result of research showed that there was a difference of hemoglobin level with sig. value (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05 having treated with avocado fruit consumption, with average hemoglobin level increase of 1.3 g/dl, with sig. value (2-tailed) of 0.002 < 0.05 having treated with guava fruit consumption, with average hemoglobin level increase of 1.6 g/dl, and with sig. value (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05 having treated with combined avocado and guava fruit consumption, with average hemoglobin level increase of 2.8 g/dl.