PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN- A SINGLE INSTITUTION STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RURAL AREA OF NORTH INDIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
BACKGROUND Anaemia is the commonest medical disorder in pregnancy. In developing countries, anaemia contributes to 40-60% of all maternal deaths directly or indirectly.1,2 In India 16% of all maternal deaths are directly due to anaemia.3 Anaemia is associated with an increase in incidence of preterm birth, IUGR and low Apgar at birth with resultant increase in perinatal morbidity and mortality. Anaemia is more common in developing countries as compared to developed countries. Therefore, we planned this study to evaluate the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women MATERIALS & METHODS A cross sectional study to determine the prevalence and severity of anaemia was done on pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Community Health Centre Jourian, Akhnoor, Jammu. All pregnant women (300) who attended the antenatal clinic from July 2011 to December 2011 were included in the study. Haemoglobin was estimated by Sahli’s method and anaemia was graded according to ICMR criteria. Anaemia and its severity were correlated with different age groups, gravida and dietary habits. RESULTS The women were 15-35 years of age. Maximum no. of patients 53.3% (n=160) were in the age group of 21-25 years followed by 30.8% (n=92), 10.696 (n=32), 5.3% (n=16) in age groups of 26-30 years, 15-20 years and 31-35 years respectively. Maximum number of patients 46.6% (n=140) were primigravida, 30% (n=90) were gravid 2, 20% (n=60) gravid 3, 2.6% (n=8) were gravid 4 and 0.6% (n=2) were gravid 5.93% women were anaemic, 63% had moderate anaemia, 27% had mild anaemia and 3% had severe anaemia. 95% women were pure vegetarian and 5% non-vegetarian. Prevalence of anaemia increased as parity increased. 58.1% anaemia was seen in patients who had pregnancy gap of less than 2 years and 41.9% in patients who had pregnancy gap of more than 2 years. CONCLUSION In view of the high prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy and serious adverse consequences in both mother and baby, management of anaemia in pregnancy should be accorded a high priority both in obstetric and public health practice.
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Minakeshi Rana, Virender Mohan Rana, Narinder Singh Bhutyal, Surinder Kumar Atri
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