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Maternal Anemia in Rural Jordan: Room for Improvement

The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the prevalence and determine factors associated with anemia among pregnant women in rural Jordan. A cohort of 700 pregnant women from a National Health Service hospital and ten health centers completed a questionnaire. Of the total, 243 (...

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Autores principales: Al-Mehaisen, Lama, Khader, Yousef, Al-Kuran, Oqba, Abu Issa, Fayrouz, Amarin, Zouhair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21918719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/381812
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author Al-Mehaisen, Lama
Khader, Yousef
Al-Kuran, Oqba
Abu Issa, Fayrouz
Amarin, Zouhair
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description The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the prevalence and determine factors associated with anemia among pregnant women in rural Jordan. A cohort of 700 pregnant women from a National Health Service hospital and ten health centers completed a questionnaire. Of the total, 243 (34.7%) had anemia. The prevalence was the highest for women in their 3rd trimester (42.5%) compared to those in 2nd trimester (32.7%) and 1st trimester (18.9%). Gestational age, body mass index, history of previous surgery, and multivitamin intake during pregnancy were significantly associated with anemia. Women in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters had higher odds of anemia (OR = 2.2 and 3.3, resp.). Underweight women had higher odds of anemia (OR = 2.9). History of previous surgery and multivitamin intake during pregnancy were associated with higher odds of anemia (OR = 1.6 and 1.9, resp.).
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spelling pubmed-31717652011-09-14 Maternal Anemia in Rural Jordan: Room for Improvement Al-Mehaisen, Lama Khader, Yousef Al-Kuran, Oqba Abu Issa, Fayrouz Amarin, Zouhair Anemia Research Article The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the prevalence and determine factors associated with anemia among pregnant women in rural Jordan. A cohort of 700 pregnant women from a National Health Service hospital and ten health centers completed a questionnaire. Of the total, 243 (34.7%) had anemia. The prevalence was the highest for women in their 3rd trimester (42.5%) compared to those in 2nd trimester (32.7%) and 1st trimester (18.9%). Gestational age, body mass index, history of previous surgery, and multivitamin intake during pregnancy were significantly associated with anemia. Women in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters had higher odds of anemia (OR = 2.2 and 3.3, resp.). Underweight women had higher odds of anemia (OR = 2.9). History of previous surgery and multivitamin intake during pregnancy were associated with higher odds of anemia (OR = 1.6 and 1.9, resp.). Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3171765/ /pubmed/21918719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/381812 Text en Copyright © 2011 Lama Al-Mehaisen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21918719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/381812
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