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Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study

BACKGROUND: Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy is a major public health problem despite the efforts taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the past five decades. Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) is the key factor for the prevention and management of nutrition...

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Autores principales: Lavanya, P., Jayalakshmy, R., Rajaa, Sathish, Mahalakshmy, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33409189
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_721_20
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author Lavanya, P.
Jayalakshmy, R.
Rajaa, Sathish
Mahalakshmy, T.
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Rajaa, Sathish
Mahalakshmy, T.
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description BACKGROUND: Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy is a major public health problem despite the efforts taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the past five decades. Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) is the key factor for the prevention and management of nutrition anemia. AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the adherence to its associated factors and to explore the reasons for the non-adherenc among pregnant women attending a tertiary care center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is an explanatory mixed-methods design (quantitative cross-sectional analytical design and qualitative descriptive design). STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Results presented as proportion with 95% confidence interval (CI). Chi-square test was done to assess the association of the factors to adherence. Qualitative data were transcribed verbatim, translated to English, and analyzed by manual content analysis. RESULTS: A total of 340 pregnant women were included, and the adherence to IFAS among the antenatal mothers was 63.8 (95% CI [58.61–68.6]). The factors associated with adherence to IFAS (prevalence ratio with 95% CI) were primigravida status [1.22 [1.02–1.45]), nonanemic in the first trimester (1.27 [1.09–1.49]), and absence of side effects (3.16 [1.95–5.12]). Conceptual framework was constructed using the emerging themes: (i) knowledge-related factors, (ii) behavior-related factors, and (iii) facilitating factors. CONCLUSION: About three-fourth of the participants were adherent to IFAS. Compliance is directly influenced by the gravida status, anemic status, and absence of side effects. Based on qualitative results, measures to improve palatability and the quality of IFAS are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-77731202021-01-05 Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study Lavanya, P. Jayalakshmy, R. Rajaa, Sathish Mahalakshmy, T. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy is a major public health problem despite the efforts taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the past five decades. Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) is the key factor for the prevention and management of nutrition anemia. AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the adherence to its associated factors and to explore the reasons for the non-adherenc among pregnant women attending a tertiary care center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is an explanatory mixed-methods design (quantitative cross-sectional analytical design and qualitative descriptive design). STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Results presented as proportion with 95% confidence interval (CI). Chi-square test was done to assess the association of the factors to adherence. Qualitative data were transcribed verbatim, translated to English, and analyzed by manual content analysis. RESULTS: A total of 340 pregnant women were included, and the adherence to IFAS among the antenatal mothers was 63.8 (95% CI [58.61–68.6]). The factors associated with adherence to IFAS (prevalence ratio with 95% CI) were primigravida status [1.22 [1.02–1.45]), nonanemic in the first trimester (1.27 [1.09–1.49]), and absence of side effects (3.16 [1.95–5.12]). Conceptual framework was constructed using the emerging themes: (i) knowledge-related factors, (ii) behavior-related factors, and (iii) facilitating factors. CONCLUSION: About three-fourth of the participants were adherent to IFAS. Compliance is directly influenced by the gravida status, anemic status, and absence of side effects. Based on qualitative results, measures to improve palatability and the quality of IFAS are recommended. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7773120/ /pubmed/33409189 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_721_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Lavanya, P.
Jayalakshmy, R.
Rajaa, Sathish
Mahalakshmy, T.
Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title_full Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title_fullStr Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title_short Adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, Puducherry: A mixed-methods study
title_sort adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation among antenatal mothers attending a tertiary care center, puducherry: a mixed-methods study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33409189
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_721_20
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