Effect of Cow's Milk Kefir on Short Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA), Haemoglobin, and Ferritin Levels of Anemic Adolescent Girls
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: cow's milk kefir, pasteurized cow's milk.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Iron Deficiency Anemia. Basic parameters: 15 years — 18 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Indonesia
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Official title
Effect of Cow's Milk Kefir on Short Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA), Haemoglobin, and Ferritin Levels of Anemic Adolescent Girls in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Overview
Introduction: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in Indonesia is still quite high. According to the Indonesian Health Survey (IHS) in 2023, it was 18% and is still a national problem. Long-term supplementation of blood supplement tablets (TTD) as an effort made by the government to prevent/overcome anemia has caused side effects, namely dysbiosis by pathogenic bacteria. Giving cow's milk kefir containing various probiotics can overcome the side effects of supplementation, and its metabolites accelerate iron absorption so that iron status in the blood increases and ultimately restores anemia in adolescent girls. Method: It's research is an experimental study, with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design, pre-posttest design, involving research subjects of adolescent girls (15-18 years) with mild and moderate anemia, at SMKN 1, 2, and 3 Kasihan, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta as many as 80 students. Subjects were divided into 2 groups, namely group 1 (treatment group), which was given 120 ml of cow's milk kefir every day and TTD 1 grain/week, and group 2 (control group), which was given 120 ml of cow's milk every day and TTD 1 grain/week. The duration of administration was 2 months. The study outcomes were Short Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA) levels in feces by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) method, hemoglobin by Hematology Analyser method, and serum ferritin by Ferritin ELISA measured at the beginning and end of the study. Statistical analysis included univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. Clinical analysis was also conducted to estimate the effect size of the treatment
Detailed description
This protocol represents the only doctoral research dissertation proposal I will undertake as part of my dissertation, which does not exist.
Interventions
- Combination product cow's milk kefir
group given cow's milk kefir and blood supplement tablets (TTD) - Combination product pasteurized cow's milk
group given pasteurized cow's milk and blood supplement tablets (TTD)
Primary outcome measures
- Short Chain Fatty Acid [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
- hemoglobin [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
- Ferritin [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Nutrient intake [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
- Nutritional status of adolescent girls (body mass index / age) [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
- Menstrual cycle and duration of adolescent girls [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
- Diarrhea [Time frame: 2 months after intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adolescent girls aged 15-18 years
- Have a mild and moderate degree of anemia (Hb 8-11.9 g/dl)
- Have a normal menstrual cycle and duration
Exclusion criteria
- Suffering from thalassemia, hemosiderosis, blood cancer, and malaria, based on the doctor's diagnosis in the last 3 months
- Taking supplements other than TTD
- Taking antibiotics in the last 3 months
- Suffering from lactose intolerance through interviews
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Indonesia · 1 center
- Gadjah Mada University — Yogyakarta
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06957717 · GadjahMada