The Effect Of Tomato Combination With Sweet Orange Towards Chemogrobin And Ferritin Levels Changes (Study of Anemia Female Workers Who Take Fe Tablets)

Abstract

Women's participation in economic activities is not new. Besides playing a role as a housewife, women also play a role as workers. (Suma'mur, 2001) There are still many health problems due to the work of one of the nutritional problems, namely nutritional anemia. Women workers who have anemia will feel symptoms with complaints of body fatigue, weakness, fatigue, lethargy, sometimes the head feels dizzy, looks pale and less excited so that it can reduce work capacity and work productivity. (Sihombing, 2009) Fe tablets can increase hemoglobin levels in the blood but tablets Fe is difficult to be absorbed by the body.15 So we need additional food such as tomatoes and oranges that contain vitamin C to accelerate the process of absorption of iron. (Almatsier, 2010) This type of research is quantitative research with the method used is quasi-experimental research design. Population in research these are all female workers who have anemia in Peru sahaan Baso Kataji. 40 people were divided into 4 groups: 10 treatment groups 1 (tomatoes), 10 treatment groups 2 (oranges), 10 treatment groups 3 (combination of tomatoes with oranges) and 10 control groups. The treatment was given for 14 days in each group with a 250 gr tomato dose, 200 gr grapefruit, 125 gr tomato combination with 100 gr grapefruit at lunchtime and the hemoglobin and ferritin levels were examined the first day and post test on day 15. Data analysis used Paired T-test to see the values ​​before and after treatment in each group and one way ANOVA analysis to see the differences in the effects of the four groups. The results showed the treatment group 1 increased 1.92 gr / dl for hemoglobin and 37.20 µg / dl for ferritin, the treatment group 2 increased 2.70 gr / dl for hemoglobin and 21.40 µg / dl for ferritin, treatment group 3 increased 1.38 gr / dl for hemoglobin and 59.50 µg / dl for ferritin, the control group experienced an increase of 0.83 gr / dl for hemoglobin and 4.60 µg / dl for ferritin. Citrus fruit is more influential for raising hemoglobin and the combination of tomatoes and oranges is more influential for raising ferritin levels in female workers in the Kataji baso company.