Retrospective study on prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women at booking in a health care centre in Udairamsar, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Authors

  • Aarti Acharya Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Rekha Acharya Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Ratti Ram Meena Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164745

Keywords:

Antenatal care, Birth interval, Parity, Registration

Abstract

Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is one of the major risk among them. This is associated with abortions, premature births, postpartum haemorrhage and low birth weight. Thus anaemia is considered as one of the most frequent complications of pregnancy and there is need of early detection.

Methods: Retrospective record based study conducted at Rural Health Training Centre Udairamsar, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Data regarding pregnancy are collected from 1April 2015 to31 March 2016 by referring the records maintained at RHTC. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.

Results: A total of 135 pregnant women were registered for ANC care during this one year period. Majority (64.44%) belonged to the age group of 20-25 years and 94.8% were Hindu by religion. 48.18% of pregnant women were registered during first trimester followed by 28.88% who had registered during second trimester and rest at third trimester. Prevalence of anaemia in the present study was found to be 89.26% with 121 cases among which 92 cases were mild form, 28 cases were moderate form and only 1 case was of severe form with Haemoglobin level below 7g/dl. The study didn’t show any significant association between anaemia and   booking trimester.

Conclusions: There is high prevalence (85.2%) of anemia among pregnant women. It was also noted that 45.1% of the pregnant women registered after first trimester of pregnancy. Hence leading to late acceptance of antenatal care and iron and folic acid supplementation which is given to reduce the cases of anemia in pregnancy.

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Published

2016-12-21

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Acharya, A., Acharya, R., & Meena, R. R. (2016). Retrospective study on prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women at booking in a health care centre in Udairamsar, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(1), 235–237. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164745

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