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11.Availability of Iodized Salt & its Utilization among Household of Urban Area of Taluka Mirpurkhas

Zainul Hassan1, Suhail Ahmed Bijarani2, Shazia Rahman Shaikh2, Khalida Naz Memon2, Zoheb Rafique Memon2 and Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui2

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the availability of iodized salt and concentration of iodine by using rapid test kit among the households of urban area of District Mirpurkhas.

Study Design: Cross-section study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the households situated in urban Taluka of District Mirpurkhas, Sindh from December 2019 to June 2020.

Materials and Methods: A sample size of 260 households was obtained and selected by using a sample random sampling technique, the participants were household members and present at the time of the survey and willing to participate in the present study were included after taking written informed consent. The Ethical approval was taken from the ethical committee of LUMHS, Jamshoro. The data was collected on a pre-tested self–structure questionnaire while iodine concentration in the salt was assess by using the rapid test kit for iodine.   The SPSS version 23.0 version was used for data analysis and P-values <0.05 were considered as significant.

Results: The overall response rate (n=260) was 100 percent and the majority of the respondents were female 205(78%) whereas 55(21.5%) were male. The majority 123 (47%) of the respondents were between 26 to 35 years of age group. A substantial number of the respondents 138 (53.1%) were having qualification at degree or above level. Regarding the utilization of the iodized salt the majority of the households 191 (73.5%) were using iodized salt whereas 69 (26.5%) were using non-iodized salt for cooking the food. The salt samples of households using the iodized salt were tested for the iodine concentration which showed that a majority of samples 178 (68%) were having ppm between 10ppm to 20ppm which is consider as an inadequately iodized salt whereas only 43 (16.5%) samples results showed more than 30ppm and utilizing an adequate iodized salt as per the recommended concentration of iodine in salt. While 39 (15%) households who were utilizing non-iodized salt their samples results showed a Zero ppm of iodine in the salt.

Conclusion: This study revealed that a majority of the households consumed the iodized salt for food preparation while there were inadequate iodine concentration in the salt used by them then the recommended iodine concentration of more than 30 ppm.

Key Words: Iodized salt, rapid test kit, Iodine utilization

Citation of article: Hassan Z, Bijarani SA, Shaikh SR, Memon KN, Memon ZR, Siddiqui MI. Availability of Iodized Salt & its Utilization among Household of Urban Area of Taluka Mirpurkhas. Med Forum 2022;33(11):44-46.