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Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Anaemia, though a common problem in Nigeria, has not been adequately studied amongst pregnant women in primary health care facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of anaemia and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565433/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.328 |
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author | Ndukwu, Geraldine U. Dienye, Paul O. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Anaemia, though a common problem in Nigeria, has not been adequately studied amongst pregnant women in primary health care facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of anaemia and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a primary health centre. Association between variables was analysed using the Chi-square test. RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty-seven pregnant women whose ages ranged from 16 to 40 years with a mean age of 26.8 ± 4.3 years were recruited for the study. The haemoglobin concentration ranged from 6 g/dL – 15 g/dL with a mean of 10.10 ± 1.27g/dL. A total of 142 (62.6%) participants were anaemic. Anaemia was observed to be least prevalent in women within the extremes of reproductive age (≤ 20 years and 36–40 years). There was no statistically significant association between age, educational level and marital status (p > 0.05). The association of anaemia with social class was statistically significant (p = 0.000). Severe anaemia was not a common finding amongst the patients but it was significantly associated with educational status (p = 0.02) and socio-economic status (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of anaemia amongst the pregnant participants in the primary health centre was high. Out of all the socio-demographic characteristics, only socio-economic status was significantly associated with anaemia. It is recommended that the socio-economic status of women should be enhanced in line with the Millennium Development Goals to prevent anaemia and to enhance pregnancy outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-45654332016-02-03 Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria Ndukwu, Geraldine U. Dienye, Paul O. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Anaemia, though a common problem in Nigeria, has not been adequately studied amongst pregnant women in primary health care facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of anaemia and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a primary health centre. Association between variables was analysed using the Chi-square test. RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty-seven pregnant women whose ages ranged from 16 to 40 years with a mean age of 26.8 ± 4.3 years were recruited for the study. The haemoglobin concentration ranged from 6 g/dL – 15 g/dL with a mean of 10.10 ± 1.27g/dL. A total of 142 (62.6%) participants were anaemic. Anaemia was observed to be least prevalent in women within the extremes of reproductive age (≤ 20 years and 36–40 years). There was no statistically significant association between age, educational level and marital status (p > 0.05). The association of anaemia with social class was statistically significant (p = 0.000). Severe anaemia was not a common finding amongst the patients but it was significantly associated with educational status (p = 0.02) and socio-economic status (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of anaemia amongst the pregnant participants in the primary health centre was high. Out of all the socio-demographic characteristics, only socio-economic status was significantly associated with anaemia. It is recommended that the socio-economic status of women should be enhanced in line with the Millennium Development Goals to prevent anaemia and to enhance pregnancy outcomes. AOSIS OpenJournals 2012-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4565433/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.328 Text en © 2012. The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ndukwu, Geraldine U. Dienye, Paul O. Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title | Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title_full | Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title_short | Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
title_sort | prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in rivers state, nigeria |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565433/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.328 |
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