TITLE:
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among Pregnant Women Receiving Antenatal Care (ANC) at Fatima Hospital in Jashore, Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study
AUTHORS:
Suzon Ahmed, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Niaz Mahmud, Nisat Farzana, Mosammat Sadia Akther Sathi, Biplob Kumar Biswas, Amit Datta, Tanvir Ahmad
KEYWORDS:
Anemia, Antenatal Care (ANC), Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Maternal Characteristics, Dietary Characteristics, Nutritional Characteristics
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.10 No.9,
September
5,
2019
ABSTRACT: Since anemia is one of the most skyrocketed public health problems worldwide, an investigation has thus
been conducted to assess the prevalence and associated factors of anemia among
the pregnant women receiving antenatal care (ANC) at Fatima Hospital in
Jashore, Bangladesh. Facility-based cross-sectional study was carried out among
384 pregnant women at Fatima hospital, Bangladesh from February to April, 2019.
Data were obtained using a structured questionnaire and participant’s current
medical record card. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify
factors associated with anemia and a P-value 62.4% (141/226) were
moderately anemic and 1.3% (3/384) was severely anemic. Binary logistic
regression analysis revealed that the following variables were significantly
associated with anemia: Monthly family income (11,000 - 20,000 Taka) [AOR (95%
CI) = 0.45 (0.21 - 0.98)], Family size (joint) [AOR (95% CI) = 1.59 (1.03 - 2.45)],
Gestational age (third trimester) [AOR (95% CI) = 2.18 (1.40 - 3.40)], birth
spacing