Journal of North Khorasan

Introduction:   Iron  deficiency  is the  most  common nutritional  deficiency throughout  the  world.  Iron deficiency affects the attention performance in two ways; the direct impact of Iron on the production of

neurotransmitters, and the impact ofIron  on the production of hemoglobin and anemia. The aim of this study

was to identify the Impact of iron replacement on the attention capacity in high school female student in orth Khorasan.

Methods: Two hundred female students from the North Khorasan high schools were randomly chosen and laboratory studies were done on them aiming to detect iron consumption limitations. Then they were divided to case and control groups. The two groups were matched and the case group was treated with an iron supplement program for 16 week and the results were compared between two groups. For attention score measurement, we used Tholuse- Pieron tool. The data were analyzed with the SPSS version 13.

Results: The attention mean score in the case group was 113.6, and in the control group was 46.7 (p:S0.001). The total selection mean score in the first halftime  to the second halftime  in the case group was 0.75, and in the control group was 1.9 (p:S0.001).Theperformance through the time in the control group was diminished when compared to case group.

Conclusion: In this study the effects of iron replacement on the attention capacity was supported.