Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

Prevalence of Anemia among Antenatal Women Attending Antenatal Clinics at Selected Maternity Centres, Coimbatore

Jennifer Jothi Mary A.

Abstract


A major nutritional deficiency affecting antenatal women is anemia. Anemia in pregnancy is a risk factor for a number of maternal and foetal complications. Any physiologic change in pregnancy affects the status of haemoglobin thus it leads to less haemoglobin status. Iron deficiency anemia seems to be the common type affecting in pregnancy. The World Health Organization denotes that 40.1% of antenatal women were anemic in 2016.This study focused on the prevalence of anemia among women conducted in selected maternity centres, Coimbatore. A total of 100 patients were interviewed by convenience sampling method and details were gathered. Results of the study indicated that 25% were mildly anemic, 55% were moderately anemic and 1% was severely anemic. Further education and follow up as well as providing iron supplements need to be given to antenatal women during their pregnancy to prevent themselves and their fetus without any risk.


Full Text:

PDF

References


Filagot Kefiyalew, Endalew Zemene, Yaregal Asres, et al. Anemia among pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: prevalence, severity and associated risk factors: BMC Res Notes.2014;7(1):771p.

Surabhi Chandra, Anil Kumar Tripathi, Sanjay Mishra, et al. Physiological changes in hematological parameters during pregnancy: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfusion.2012;28(3):144–146p.

Angesom Gebreweld, Aster Tsegaye, Prevalence and Factors Associated with Anemia among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: AdvHematol.2018;1–8p.

Toteja GS, Padam Singh, Padam Singh, Dhillon BS, et al. Prevalence of Anemia among Pregnant Women and Adolescent Girls in 16 Districts of India: Food Nutr Bull.2006;27(4):311–5p.

Rajamouli J, Ravinder A, Reddy SCK, et al. Prevalence of Anemia among Pregnant Women attending Antenatal Clinic at Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) and Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Karimnagar, Telangana, India: Int J Contemp Med Res.2016;3(8):2388–2391p.

Ravishankar Suryanarayana, Muninarayana Chandrappa, Anil Navale Santhuram, et al. Prospective study on prevalence of anemia of pregnant women and its outcome: A community based study: J Family Med Primary Care.2017; 6(4):739–743p.

Sangeeta VB, Pushpalatha S. Severe Maternal Anemia and Neonatal Outcome: Scholars J Appl Med Sci (SJAMS).2014;2(1C):303–309p.

Shwetha, Prasad KN. Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women-A cross-sectional study: Int J Med Sci Pub Health.2018;7(12):1–4p.

Vanamala VG, Aruna Rachel, Sushil Pakyanadhan, et al. Incidence and outcome of anemia in pregnant women: a study in a tertiary care center: Int J Reprod Contracep Obstetr Gynaecol. 2018;7(2):462–466p.

World Health Organization, (2001), Iron deficiency anemia, assessment, prevention and control: a guide for programme managers: [Online] Available from https://www.who.int/

nutrition/publications/micronutrients/anaemia_iron_deficiency/WHO_NHD_01.3/en/


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.