Compliance to iron and folic acid tablets among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Agartala Government Medical College.
Anemia in pregnancy
compliance to IFA
pregnant women
Journal
Journal of family medicine and primary care
ISSN: 2249-4863
Titre abrégé: J Family Med Prim Care
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101610082
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
24
09
2021
revised:
31
12
2021
accepted:
12
01
2022
entrez:
19
9
2022
pubmed:
20
9
2022
medline:
20
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Anemia is a public health problem worldwide, and in pregnancy, the main cause of anemia is nutritional. Non-compliance to iron and folic acid supplement plays a role in the high prevalence of anemia in pregnant women. The objectives were to find out the proportion of compliance to iron and folic acid tablets (IFA) among pregnant women and to determine factors associated with it. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 240 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Agartala Govt. Medical College, from 15 Majority (56.3%) of the participants were in the age group of 20-29 years and were housewives (92.1%), Hindu (93.8%), and completed secondary education (34.6%). The proportion of compliance to IFA among pregnant women was 52.5% ( This study highlighted that only around half of the pregnant women are compliant with IFA, and this situation demands for information education and communication activities to generate awareness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36119349
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1914_21
pii: JFMPC-11-2763
pmc: PMC9480726
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2763-2767Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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