Knowledge on management of anemia during pregnancy: A descriptive study

Baby, Ashly; Venugopal, Jeevan; D'silva, Renita; Chacko, Shantia; Vineesha, PV; Kumary, T. Vinaya

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“…This study reported a significant association between the knowledge of the studies sample and educational level of pregnant women and their husbands. This finding is consistent with a study in India by Tashara et al (2015) showed a significant relationship between education level and the level of knowledge on iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy, but inconsistent with another study in Yenepoya by Baby et al, (2014) in India which found no significant association between the knowledge and selective demographic variables such as age, gravid, education, occupation and monthly income. This difference might be attributed to methodological differences including the design, setting and sample size.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Pregnant Women about Anemia during Pregnancy in Baghdad Teaching Hospital

Saeed

2024

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Objectives: to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women about anemia. To assess the association between knowledge of pregnant women and their socio – demographic variances. To assess the association between the practice of pregnant women and their socio – demographic variances. Methods: cross sectional study, carried out among pregnant at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, from 25th February to 28th April, 2023. A total of 300 pregnant women participated in the study. The tool of study was questionnaire. Results: The study revealed 63.3% of pregnant women had good knowledge, positive attitude found in 65.3% and health practice in 59.3% among pregnant women regarding anemia, the study show association between the knowledge of the pregnant woman and educational level of her and her husband, also there is association between the practice of pregnant woman and her occupation. Conclusion: A noticeable general good level of knowledge , attitude and practice among pregnant women regarding anemia during pregnancy, level of knowledge in pregnant woman associated with the educational level of her and her husband and healthy practice increase in employed pregnant woman. Recommendations: Raise the level of knowledge and practice for prevention, learn pregnant women healthy dietary habit and encourage pregnant women to early registration in primary health care center.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Pregnant Women about Anemia during Pregnancy in Baghdad Teaching Hospital

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2024

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“…In this study, less than half (n = 124; 29.4%) of mothers had inadequate knowledge on abnormal haemoglobin and/or its effects on SGA and LGA births which mirrored some cross-sectional studies in India and Kenya (79,80). The present study disclosed that having inadequate knowledge on abnormal haemoglobin levels and adverse birth outcomes increased the risk of SGA deliveries.…”

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Maternal anaemia and polycythaemia during pregnancy and risk of inappropriate birthweight for-gestational-age babies: a retrospective cohort study in the northern belt of Ghana

Adjei-Gyamfi,

Zakaria,

Asirifi

et al. 2023

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Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) births are topical issues due to their devastating effects on the life course which are also accountable for neonatal mortalities and long-term morbidities.ObjectivesWe tested the hypothesis that abnormal haemoglobin levels in each trimester of pregnancy will increase the risk of SGA and LGA deliveries in Northern Ghana.DesignRetrospective cohort study was conducted from April to July 2020.Settings and Participants422 postpartum mothers who had delivered within six weeks prior to the study were recruited through systematic random sampling from five primary and public health facilities in Northern Ghana.Primary outcome measureUsing INTERGROWTH standards, SGA and LGA births were computed. Haemoglobin levels from antenatal records were analyzed to determine their effect on SGA and LGA births by employing multinomial logistic regression after adjusting for sociodemographic and obstetric factors at a significance level of α=0.05.ResultsPrevalence of anaemia in the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy was 63.5%, 71.3%, and 45.3% respectively and that of polycythaemia in the corresponding trimesters of pregnancy was 5.9%, 3.6%, and 1.7%. About 8.8% and 9.2% of the women delivered SGA and LGA babies respectively. After adjusting for confounders, anaemic mothers in the third trimester of pregnancy had increased risk of SGA births (aOR:5.56; 95%CI:0.64–48; p<0.001). Mothers with polycythaemia in the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy were 93% (aOR:0.07; 95%CI:0.01–0.46; p<0.040), 85% (aOR:0.15; 95%CI:0.08–1.65; p<0.001), and 88% (aOR:0.12; 95%CI:0.07–2.15; p=0.001) protected from SGA births respectively. Additionally, anaemia and polycythaemia across all trimesters of pregnancy were not statistically significant with LGA births.ConclusionThe prevalence of anaemia in each trimester of pregnancy increased and that of polycythaemia decreased as the pregnancy progressed from first to third trimester. Delivery of LGA babies was more predominant compared to SGA babies. While anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy increased the risk of SGA births, polycythaemia across the trimesters gave protection against SGA births. Healthcare providers and stakeholders should target pressing interventions for anaemia throughout pregnancy, especially during the third trimester.Article summaryStrengths and limitations of this studyData employed in this analysis are from antenatal and/or delivery records of postpartum mothers attending postnatal care services in five major public health facilities in Savelugu municipality of Northern Ghana. Hence, the findings are generalizable to the populations in the entire municipality and its neighbouring districts.The measurement of anaemia and polycythaemia across all trimesters of pregnancy, small-for-gestational-age (SGA), and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) births were based on WHO and INTERGROWTH standards which gives an indication of objective assessment of the effect of these abnormal haemoglobin levels on SGA and LGA babies.This study provides vital evidence on the population-based effect of anaemia and polycythaemia across all trimesters of pregnancy on SGA and LGA babies among larger or several ethnic groups and broader age categories in the municipality.Data employed in the analysis were collected at a certain period of time (thus, April to July 2020), and also from antenatal records, so it could be difficult to draw causal inferences for the effect of anaemia and polycythaemia across all trimesters of pregnancy on SGA and LGA babies. Notwithstanding, the findings provide deep insights for health providers and stakeholders to identify prompt interventions for the prevention and treatment of abnormal haemoglobin levels.

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“…In India, many studies have been executed to assess the knowledge related to anemia (Kumary et al, 2014;Priyankakumarai and Amoldeep, 2018). Knowledge barriers are the main reason for poor compliance of iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets uptake.…”

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Validation of Tamil Version of the Anemia Knowledge Questionnaire (AKQ)

Subramaniam¹,

Jagadeesh²,

Ramalingam³

et al. 2020

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In India anemia is a common problem among Antenatal Women. In order to decrease maternal mortality, it is important to create knowledge among antenatal women. Varied instruments have been used to assess knowledge on anemia. However, there is a shortage for validated instruments in India for assessing anemia knowledge. The aim of present study is to develop a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess the knowledge of anemia to be used in antenatal women, reproductive women and adolescent girls. Before pretest researchers measured face validity and construct validity. The study was conducted in antenatal outpatient department of selected primary health centers at Thriuvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India.Subjects: Six nursing and one psychology expert, ten Village Health Nurse (VHN) and 100 antenatal mothers participated in the mission. During factorial analysis sampling adequacy was measured by using Kaiser- Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test (MSA) = 0.87 and Bartlett’s test of sphericity was X2 = 458.338 (p < 0.001). Varimax with Kaiser normalization rotation was performed and three factors were defined. The “general awareness” consists of four items (α = 0.79), anemia investigation and treatment component consists of six items (α = 0.81) and under diet and complication of anemia component, there is a five item factor (α = 0.89). In individual questions factor analysis, Cronbach’s alphas ranged from .84 and .86. 15.2% indicating total variance. There is no statistical significance between test and retest method. The questionnaire showed good validity and reliability (internal consistency and reproducibility), hence we can use this questionnaire among adults.

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Knowledge on management of anemia during pregnancy: A descriptive study

Cited by 11 publications

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Pregnant Women about Anemia during Pregnancy in Baghdad Teaching Hospital

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Pregnant Women about Anemia during Pregnancy in Baghdad Teaching Hospital

Maternal anaemia and polycythaemia during pregnancy and risk of inappropriate birthweight for-gestational-age babies: a retrospective cohort study in the northern belt of Ghana

Validation of Tamil Version of the Anemia Knowledge Questionnaire (AKQ)

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