MATERNAL ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDHOOD ANAEMIA IN REMOTE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES

Background: Anaemia is the commonest medical disorder in pregnancy and has a varied prevalence, etiology and degree of severity in different populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of maternal anaemia in pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcome.Methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted in department of obstetrics and gynecology JLN Hospital Ajmer, Rajasthan, India from October 2015 to December 2016. Total 325 pregnant women were included in the study who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and found to have moderate to severe anaemia.Results: Prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy was 80% in present study. Perinatal mortality was 13.3% in moderate anaemia and in severe anaemia 42%. In present study maximum 56% of cases were in the age group of 20-25 years, and maximum number of cases were primigravida (33.84%). Out of 225 cases of moderate anaemia only 50 cases (22.22%) had antenatal check-up once or twice. Out of 225 cases of moderate anaemia, 66.66% cases were rural and 33.33% cases were of urban group. Fetal outcome in present study was in form of 49.23% premature birth with 33.12% perinatal mortality.Conclusions: Maternal anaemia in pregnancy is associated with illiteracy, low socioeconomic status, multiparity, inadequate antenatal care and rural geographic area. Severe anaemia was associated with high perinatal mortality.

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Multi Factors Associated with Anaemia in Pregnancy: A systematic review

Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman ◽

10.20884/1.jks.2019.14.1.806 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Restuning Widiasih

Keyword(s):

Health Professionals ◽

Full Text ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Maternal Anaemia ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Quantitative Studies ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Anaemia In Pregnancy ◽

In Pregnancy

Background: Pregnant women are vulnerable with Anaemia. Â Quantitative studies related Anaemia in pregnancy have been done in Indonesia including assessing factors associated with Anaemia in pregnancy. However, none of studies provide a comprehensive view of factors that associated with anaemia in pregnancy. The aim of this review was to identify factors associated with maternal anaemia in Indonesia.Methods: The systematic scoping review method used in this review. The databases were several Indonesian electronic databases; Google scholar, Kandaga, and Sinta. The keywords were bilinguals: Indonesia and English. The inclusion criteria of studies were focused on factors related to Anaemia in pregnancy, research design included correlation and quasi-experimental, published from 2013 to 2018, full text, and Indonesianâ€™s studies.Results found a total of 1986 papers were retrieved: 580 met the year criteria, and 92 articles were full text. Finally, 14 articles met the inclusion criteria and included in the analysis. Factors associated with maternal anaemia in Indonesia including health professionalsâ€™ roles, Iron tablets consumption, antenatal care, education, nutrition, health knowledge, and awareness.Conclusion and Recommendations: Multi-factors are associated with maternal anaemia in Indonesia. There is a need for comprehensive approaches from health professionals and health services in dealing with anaemia in pregnancy.Â

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Maternal Anaemia in Pregnancy: A Significantly Greater Risk Factor for Anaemia in Australian Aboriginal Children than Low Birth Weight or Prematurity

Maternal and Child Health Journal ◽

10.1007/s10995-020-02913-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (8) ◽

pp. 979-985

Author(s):

Martin Hansen ◽

Gurmeet Singh ◽

Federica Barzi ◽

Raelene Brunette ◽

Timothy Howarth ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factor ◽

Birth Weight ◽

Low Birth Weight ◽

Maternal Anaemia ◽

Australian Aboriginal ◽

Anaemia In Pregnancy ◽

Aboriginal Children ◽

In Pregnancy

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Obstetric factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health center in south-south Nigeria

GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.30574/gscbps.2021.14.3.0028 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 042-049

Author(s):

Ndukwu Geraldine ◽

Dienye Paul ◽

Adesokun Bolanle

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Health Centre ◽

Primary Health Centre ◽

Maternal Anaemia ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Primary Health ◽

Obstetric Factors ◽

Anaemia In Pregnancy ◽

In Pregnancy

Anaemia has been reported as one of the commonest medical complications associated with pregnancy in the developing countries. It increases maternal, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality significantly. In Nigeria, maternal anaemia usually predates the period of pregnancy in the life of most of the mothers. These women succumb to early unprepared marriage, give birth to many children with poor child spacing and due to poverty and ignorance they book late for antenatal. This study determines the obstetric factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy in a primary health centre in Port Harcourt in order to create awareness on maternal anaemia and the need to institute preventive and therapeutic measures. Methods: This is a cross-sectional; hospital- based study. A total of two hundred and twenty-seven pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic were enrolled into the study at booking in a primary health centre. Data was collected by administrating questionnaires. Blood sample was collected for haemoglobin estimation. Means were compared using z-test and statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Results: Out of the 227, 111(48.9%) were primigravida, most of whom were anaemic (65.8%). Majority of the women booked in the second trimester 135 (59.3%) and those that booked at the third trimester were more anaemic (70.9%). Pregnant women with birth interval of <1(66.7) and > 4years (78.6%) were mostly anaemic Conclusion: Anaemia in pregnancy especially for those living in developing countries can be reduced if women are educated on the need for proper nutrition before pregnancy and on early ante-natal booking.

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Big placenta and anaemia in pregnancy

Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College ◽

10.3329/jssmc.v1i2.12161 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 17-20

Author(s):

Mahamuda Begum ◽

Shamim Ara ◽

Shahnaz Begum ◽

Segupta Kishwara ◽

Khondaker Abu Rayhan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Morphological Changes ◽

Severe Anaemia ◽

Control Group ◽

Electron Microscopic ◽

Maternal Anaemia ◽

Medical College ◽

Mild Anaemia ◽

Severe Group ◽

Anaemia In Pregnancy ◽

In Pregnancy

Background: Birthing process is the journey of the spirit/ soul. The Placenta is the home for this spirit/ soul for nine months. Placenta has a huge role to play throughout the pregnancy acting as the kidneys, lungs and intestines all in one1. Placenta is an organ that is essential to the survival and growth of the fetus of the mammals. Anaemia in pregnancy is common and one of the risk factors in pregnancy. Maternal anaemia result in fetal hypoxemia and also stimulates placental growth. In anaemia, significant changes both in gross morphology and in histology of the placenta can occur. Type of study: Descriptive. Place of study: Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka. Study period: July 2005 to June 2006. Methods: Sixty (60) placentas of Bangladeshi pregnant women were studied. Out of 60 placentas, anaemic and control group were 40 and 20 respectively. The study was designed to determine, morphological changes of placenta which is influenced by maternal anaemia. Macroscopic dimension of the placenta were measured with observation and dissection method. The samples were divided into group A (control), group B1 (mild anaemia), group B2 (moderate anaemia) and group B3 (severe anaemia). The severe group was not found in present study. Result: In anaemia, placental diameters, surface area and thickness were increased. Conclusion: There were morphological changes of the placenta in association with maternal anaemia. However, comprehensive work considering the physiological, biochemical, genetic as well as further gross, light, electron microscopic and morphometric placental studies are needed in order to support the findings of present study. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jssmc.v1i2.12161 Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Vol.1, No.2, December 2009 p.17-20

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