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Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania

Anaemia is a global public health issue, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations such as pregnant women. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia and to identify factors associated with the condition among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in the Mbeya Regio...

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Autores principales: Abdallah, Fatma, John, Sauli E., Hancy, Adam, Paulo, Heavenlight A., Sanga, Abraham, Noor, Ramadhan, Lankoande, Fatoumata, Chimanya, Kudakwashe, Masumo, Ray M., Leyna, Germana H.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000280
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author Abdallah, Fatma
John, Sauli E.
Hancy, Adam
Paulo, Heavenlight A.
Sanga, Abraham
Noor, Ramadhan
Lankoande, Fatoumata
Chimanya, Kudakwashe
Masumo, Ray M.
Leyna, Germana H.
author_facet Abdallah, Fatma
John, Sauli E.
Hancy, Adam
Paulo, Heavenlight A.
Sanga, Abraham
Noor, Ramadhan
Lankoande, Fatoumata
Chimanya, Kudakwashe
Masumo, Ray M.
Leyna, Germana H.
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description Anaemia is a global public health issue, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations such as pregnant women. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia and to identify factors associated with the condition among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted with 420 pregnant women (<28 weeks of gestation) attending antenatal visits in the 7 districts of the Mbeya Region. A structured questionnaire was used to collect demographic information and eating habits using a 24hours dietary recall. A blood sample was collected and tested for hemoglobin content using the HemoCue 201+. Multivariate analysis was performed using standard logistic regression to explore the association between anaemia status with socio-demographic, reproductive and nutritional factors. Overall prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women was 25.5%. Out of 107 pregnant women diagnosed with anaemia and, sixty six had mild anaemia. In a multivariate logistical regression analysis anaemic women was associated with pregnant women coming from lower socio-economic status [adjusted OR = 2.40, 95%CI (1.05, 5.48)]. Moreover, anaemia was less associated with pregnant women who were living in Mbeya district council [adjusted OR = 0.28, 95%CI (0.11, 0.72)], consume at least once a day dark green leafy vegetables [adjusted OR = 0.53, 95% CI (0.30, 0.94)], and vegetable liquid cooking oil [adjusted OR = 0.56, 95% CI (0.34, 0.98)]. The prevalence of anaemia among the pregnant women falls in the category of moderate public health problem according to the WHO classification. Low socio-economic status, consumption of green leafy vegetables and vegetable liquid cooking oil were significantly and independently associated with anaemia during pregnancy. Thus, special attention should be given to pregnant women who are in lower socio-economic status and those not consuming vegetables. Interventions that integrate health and nutrition education in reproductive and child health clinics are needed to combat anaemia.
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spelling pubmed-100216012023-03-17 Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania Abdallah, Fatma John, Sauli E. Hancy, Adam Paulo, Heavenlight A. Sanga, Abraham Noor, Ramadhan Lankoande, Fatoumata Chimanya, Kudakwashe Masumo, Ray M. Leyna, Germana H. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Anaemia is a global public health issue, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations such as pregnant women. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia and to identify factors associated with the condition among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted with 420 pregnant women (<28 weeks of gestation) attending antenatal visits in the 7 districts of the Mbeya Region. A structured questionnaire was used to collect demographic information and eating habits using a 24hours dietary recall. A blood sample was collected and tested for hemoglobin content using the HemoCue 201+. Multivariate analysis was performed using standard logistic regression to explore the association between anaemia status with socio-demographic, reproductive and nutritional factors. Overall prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women was 25.5%. Out of 107 pregnant women diagnosed with anaemia and, sixty six had mild anaemia. In a multivariate logistical regression analysis anaemic women was associated with pregnant women coming from lower socio-economic status [adjusted OR = 2.40, 95%CI (1.05, 5.48)]. Moreover, anaemia was less associated with pregnant women who were living in Mbeya district council [adjusted OR = 0.28, 95%CI (0.11, 0.72)], consume at least once a day dark green leafy vegetables [adjusted OR = 0.53, 95% CI (0.30, 0.94)], and vegetable liquid cooking oil [adjusted OR = 0.56, 95% CI (0.34, 0.98)]. The prevalence of anaemia among the pregnant women falls in the category of moderate public health problem according to the WHO classification. Low socio-economic status, consumption of green leafy vegetables and vegetable liquid cooking oil were significantly and independently associated with anaemia during pregnancy. Thus, special attention should be given to pregnant women who are in lower socio-economic status and those not consuming vegetables. Interventions that integrate health and nutrition education in reproductive and child health clinics are needed to combat anaemia. Public Library of Science 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10021601/ /pubmed/36962486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000280 Text en © 2022 Abdallah et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abdallah, Fatma
John, Sauli E.
Hancy, Adam
Paulo, Heavenlight A.
Sanga, Abraham
Noor, Ramadhan
Lankoande, Fatoumata
Chimanya, Kudakwashe
Masumo, Ray M.
Leyna, Germana H.
Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title_full Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title_fullStr Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title_short Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in Mbeya region, Tanzania
title_sort prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending reproductive and child health clinics in mbeya region, tanzania
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000280
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