Compliance of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Status of Anaemia During Pregnancy in the Eastern Terai of Nepal: Findings from Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study

Overview

Journal BMC Res Notes

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2019 Mar 15

PMID 30867036

Citations 10

Authors

Krishna Deo Yadav

Uday Narayan Yadav

Rajendra Raj Wagle

Dip Narayan Thakur

Sarmila Dhakal

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Abstract

Objectives: Our study aimed to assess local data for compliance with IFA supplementation and prevalence of anaemia among the pregnant mothers visiting government health facilities of eastern Nepal.

Results: In our study samples, IFA compliance rate was 58% during pregnancy and 42% were anaemic. Anemia was 24 times more likely to occur in IFA noncompliant women during pregnancy than their counterparts (aOR = 24.2, 95% CI 10.1-58.3), and anemia was three times less likely to be found in those taking foods rich in heme-iron than their counterparts (aOR = 3.3, 95% CI 1.4-8.1).

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