Anemia and Associated Factors Among Lactating Women in Sierra Leone: An Analysis of the Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019

Arinda, Ivan Kato; Sserwanja, Quraish; Kamara, Kassim; Mukunya, David; Nagy, Ágnes; Nsubuga, Edirisa Juniour; Christinah, Nuwahereza; Kagali, Anitah; Lee, Seungwon

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“…Liberia and Nigeria reported severe public health threat of anaemia prevalence (42% and 55% respectively) (WHO, GHO [41]). Previous studies conducted in Sierra Leone reported anaemia prevalence of 42.2% (Statiatics Sierra Leone [13]) and 44.8% (Wirth, et al [12]) and the public health significance of anaemia was severe in both studies. Anaemia in both studies was largely mild while severe anaemia was uncommon (0.5% and 1.1% respectively).…”

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"An Assessment of Complete Blood Count for Anaemia Evaluation Among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Freetown, Sierra Leone"

Wurie

2024

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Background: Complete blood count (CBC) parameters which are useful markers of anaemia vary across population. Anaemia is highly prevalent in women of reproductive age in Sub-Sahara Africa, and the very high rate of maternal mortality in lowincome countries has been attributed to haematological complications such as anaemia and thrombocytopenia among other common causes. This study therefore, aims at exploring the result statistics of CBC parameters amongst a healthy population. Specific objectives are to evaluate the mean, median and range of Haemoglobin (Hb), Red cell count (RBC), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), White Blood Cell Count (WBC) and Platelet (PLT) count using automated analysers and result validated with external quality assessment report. Their indicators were also used to analyse for the prevalence of anaemia, thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis.Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on healthy non-pregnant women of reproductive age (18-40years), with normal chest X-ray and ECG report between 2020 and 2022. The samples were derived from archived databank that de-identified all personal data including requesting clinicians. A total of 252 data of eligible participants meeting the acceptance criteria were used in the final analysis. Results:The mean, median and range of the haematological parameters were: Hb (g/dl) mean=10.6, median=10.6, range=4.8-13.3; RBC (x1012/l) mean=4. 56, median=4.43, MCV (fl) mean=83.5, median=84.5, WBC (x109/l) mean= 5.5, median=5.3,; PLT (x109/l) mean=203, median=193, range=85-1033. Using the WHO criteria for anaemia, the prevalence of anaemia in the population was 89.7% of which the defined moderate-anaemia was the predominant degree of anaemia (63.5%). The result further showed a 13.9% thrombocytopenia while thrombocytosis was at 0.8%. Conclusion:A prevalence of 89.7% is high and although most of this fall within the moderate anaemia range, it is still a public health threat to women of reproductive age and thus could contribute poor maternal and foetal health outcomes. Furthermore, the high thrombocytopenia may also impact on pregnancy outcome if untreated. The values of haematological parameters from this study differ from values derived from non-African population as well some African countries, thus there is need to establish the reference range for Sierra Leone as this will give a better picture of the actual situation.

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"An Assessment of Complete Blood Count for Anaemia Evaluation Among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Freetown, Sierra Leone"

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2024

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“…Factors like age, education, reproductive and obstetric factors, and maternal health service usage and residency have been found to be associated with anemia in WRA (16)(17)(18)(19).…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of severity levels of anemia among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis

Tirore,

Areba,

Habte

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa is the most anemia-prone region, with several of the sub-region’s countries having a substantial prevalence of the anemia among women of reproductive age. Nonetheless, no adequate study has been conducted to illustrate severity levels and associated factors of anemia among women of reproductive age. Therefore, this study presents the most recent estimates on the prevalence and severity levels of anemia and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in 21 Sub-Saharan Africa countries.MethodsThis study used the most recent Demographic Health Survey (DHS) datasets, which were collected in 21 sub-Saharan African countries between 2015 and 2022. A total of 171,348 women of reproductive age were included in the analysis. Multilevel (three-level) ordinal logistic regression was done to identify factors associated with severity levels of anemia.ResultsThe pooled prevalence of anemia was 41.74%. The pooled prevalence of mild, moderate and severe anemia was 23.45, 17.05 and 1.24, respectively. Women who were living at distance to a health facility (AOR = 1.07), women living in the poorest households (AOR = 1.49), women living in the households with unimproved toilet (AOR = 1.12) and in households that were using solid cooking fuel (AOR = 1.10), pregnant women (AOR = 1.72) and those who have given birth to more than one children within 3 years (AOR = 1.43) had greater odds of higher levels of anemia as compared to their counterparts. Women who were in the age groups of 20–24 (AOR = 0.81), 25–29 (AOR = 0.78), 30–34 (AOR = 0.79), 35–39 (AOR = 0.88), and 45–49 (AOR = 0.89), women who have attended primary school (AOR = 0.50), secondary (AOR = 0.57) and higher education (AOR = 0.76) and who were living in rural area (AOR = 1.07) had lower odds of higher levels of anemia as compared to their counterparts.ConclusionConsidering individual, household and community contexts is necessary while formulating and implementing anemia prevention and control policies. Adolescent women, and women who did not attend education and at a distance to a health facility should get especial attention while implementing anemia prevention and control programs.

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“…Developmental delays in young children are the result of nutritional problems that arise from an early age. A nutrition journal shows that a history of anemia during pregnancy is a risk factor for stunting, plus genetic triggers from parents who have a history of anemia (Arinda et al, 2022).…”

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Genetic Factors Causing the Prevalence of Anemia in Young Girls and Stunting in Toddlers: A Systematic Literature Review

Mizawati,

Effendi,

Sulastri

et al. 2023

jppipa, pendidikan ipa, fisika, biologi, kimia

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The prevalence of anemia in adolescents at the national level is still considered quite high. Several factors are associated with the incidence of anemia in female adolescents, namely energy intake, protein intake, iron intake, vitamin C intake, tea or coffee drinking habits, investment in worms, knowledge, education and type of parental occupation, family income, and menstrual patterns as well as genetics. Stunting is also still a problem in Indonesia due to insufficient nutritional intake for quite a long time. Stunting occurs when the fetus is still in the womb and only appears when the child is two years old. anemia caused by malnutrition at an early age increases infant and child mortality. anemia in young women and also stunting in children is very dangerous. Where the purpose of research is to explain Genetic Factors Causing the Prevalence of Anemia in Young Girls and Stunting in Toddlers. A review is conducted on the state-of-the-art methods using the preferred reporting items for reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We review literature from several publications and analyze genetic factors that cause the prevalence of anemia in young women. The prevalence of anemia among young women is also caused by genetic factors. Young women tend to experience anemia because during this period they experience growth and development. The risk of anemia increases with physiological shifts such as menstrual periods. To prevent anemia, the government has planned a program for the Prevention and Control of Iron Nutrition Anemia in women of childbearing age which aims to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in high school and junior high school students.

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Anemia and Associated Factors Among Lactating Women in Sierra Leone: An Analysis of the Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

"An Assessment of Complete Blood Count for Anaemia Evaluation Among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Freetown, Sierra Leone"

"An Assessment of Complete Blood Count for Anaemia Evaluation Among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Freetown, Sierra Leone"

Prevalence and associated factors of severity levels of anemia among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis

Genetic Factors Causing the Prevalence of Anemia in Young Girls and Stunting in Toddlers: A Systematic Literature Review

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