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Determinant Factors of Anemia among Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Study

Background. Anemia affects one-quarter of the world's population; nonpregnant women were one of the groups for whom it is common, making it a global public health problem. Objective. To determine prevalence and risk factors of anemia among nonpregnant women of childbearing age in Jimma town sou...

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Autores principales: Asres, Yaregal, Yemane, Tilahun, Gedefaw, Lealem
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/391580
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author Asres, Yaregal
Yemane, Tilahun
Gedefaw, Lealem
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Gedefaw, Lealem
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description Background. Anemia affects one-quarter of the world's population; nonpregnant women were one of the groups for whom it is common, making it a global public health problem. Objective. To determine prevalence and risk factors of anemia among nonpregnant women of childbearing age in Jimma town southwest Ethiopia. Methodology. We conducted a community based cross-sectional study involving 441 nonpregnant women. Data was collected over two months of period. We collected sociodemographic and related data using structured questionnaire. We collected four milliliters of venous blood and five grams of stool samples from each study participant for hematological and parasitological analysis. We performed statistical analysis using SPSS-V 16 software. Result. The prevalence of anemia was 16.1% (n = 71) with mean hemoglobin 12.96 g/dL (±1.04), among which 97.2% (n = 69) were mildly anemic. Age group of 25–36 years old, lower economic level, illiteracy, multiparity, having intestinal parasitic infection, using more than two sanitary pads per day during menstruation period, and low body mass index were found to be risk factors of anemia among the group. Conclusion. Prevalence of anemia indicates mild public health importance which shows it was indeed public health problem. Identified risk factors should be considered for prevention and control of anemia among the group.
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spelling pubmed-48975432016-06-28 Determinant Factors of Anemia among Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Study Asres, Yaregal Yemane, Tilahun Gedefaw, Lealem Int Sch Res Notices Research Article Background. Anemia affects one-quarter of the world's population; nonpregnant women were one of the groups for whom it is common, making it a global public health problem. Objective. To determine prevalence and risk factors of anemia among nonpregnant women of childbearing age in Jimma town southwest Ethiopia. Methodology. We conducted a community based cross-sectional study involving 441 nonpregnant women. Data was collected over two months of period. We collected sociodemographic and related data using structured questionnaire. We collected four milliliters of venous blood and five grams of stool samples from each study participant for hematological and parasitological analysis. We performed statistical analysis using SPSS-V 16 software. Result. The prevalence of anemia was 16.1% (n = 71) with mean hemoglobin 12.96 g/dL (±1.04), among which 97.2% (n = 69) were mildly anemic. Age group of 25–36 years old, lower economic level, illiteracy, multiparity, having intestinal parasitic infection, using more than two sanitary pads per day during menstruation period, and low body mass index were found to be risk factors of anemia among the group. Conclusion. Prevalence of anemia indicates mild public health importance which shows it was indeed public health problem. Identified risk factors should be considered for prevention and control of anemia among the group. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4897543/ /pubmed/27355074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/391580 Text en Copyright © 2014 Yaregal Asres 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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title_short Determinant Factors of Anemia among Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/391580
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