Effects of antenatal nutrition counselling on dietary practices and nutritional status of pregnant women: A quasi-experimental hospital based study.
Counselling
Dietary supplements
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Vitamin D
Journal
Pakistan journal of medical sciences
ISSN: 1682-024X
Titre abrégé: Pak J Med Sci
Pays: Pakistan
ID NLM: 100913117
Informations de publication
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6
2020
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2020
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2020
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Résumé
To assess the effects of nutrition education intervention on dietary practices and nutritional status of pregnant women. In this quasi-experimental study, 215 pregnant women were enrolled from Gynae OPD, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan during 2017-18. Dietary practices were assessed using the usual intake form and scoring was done against food guide pyramid. Nutritional status was evaluated by anthropometric measurements and biochemical estimation. In addition to nutrition counselling, each woman was prescribed with supplements commonly used during pregnancy. Dietary habits and nutritional status were reassessed after two months. The women lost to follow up were 21 (9.8%) therefore data obtained from 194 women were subjected to final analysis by using SPSS 20. The age of women ranged between 18 and 38 years. Those who never attended a school were 14.4%; poor 46.0%; and working 3.7%. The comparison between pre- and post-counselling dietary practices showed improvement in the numbers of women taking recommended portions of bread & cereals (79.4% vs. 95.9%, p = <0.001); vegetables (50.5% vs. 64.9%, p = 0.004); milk & dairy products (38.1% vs. 81.4%, p = <0.001); and a reduction in the numbers of women taking recommended portions of meat & bean (100.0% vs. 94.8%, p = 0.002). The frequency of women taking recommended diet as per food guide pyramid improved from 3.1% to 37.1%. Vitamin D status also showed improvement in the numbers of women with normal levels of serum vitamin D (7.1% vs. 33.3%, p = 0.079). Overall, nutrition counseling showed positive effects on nutritional status of pregnant women. Thus, the nutrition counseling must be an essential part of antenatal care for all pregnant women in the setting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32494246
doi: 10.12669/pjms.36.4.1919
pii: PJMS-36-632
pmc: PMC7260894
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
632-636Informations de copyright
Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest.
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