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 sociodemographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary he...
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100 | 1 | 0 | |a Geraldine U. Ndukwu |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Paul O. Dienye |e author |
245 | 0 | 0 | |a Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Rivers State, Nigeria |
260 | |b AOSIS, |c 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z. | ||
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500 | |a 10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.328 | ||
520 | |a 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 sociodemographic 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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690 | |a Anaemia | ||
690 | |a pregnancy, Primary Health Centre | ||
690 | |a Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
690 | |a Medicine | ||
690 | |a R | ||
690 | |a Public aspects of medicine | ||
690 | |a RA1-1270 | ||
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786 | 0 | |n African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e1-e7 (2012) | |
787 | 0 | |n https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/328 | |
787 | 0 | |n https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2928 | |
787 | 0 | |n https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2936 | |
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