Abdullah, Norazila
(2009)
Prevelance and factors contributing
to anemia among pregnancy women in
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(HUSM).
Project Report.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Anemia is one of the most frequent complications related to pregnancy.
Anemia is defined as a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood to a level below the normal
range of 10-11 g/dL for pregnancy women. Anemia also can cause many complications
which can effects maternal and child health. Many factors can contribute to anemia
during pregnancy such as level of education, income, interval of pregnancy, nutritional
intake and others. Therefore, the purposes of the study were to identify the prevalence
of anemia among pregnancy women, to determine association between anemia with the
nutrient intake, selected socio-demographic data and interval of pregnancy among
pregnancy women. The study design is cross sectional study. The study had been
conducted in O&G clinic and antenatal wards in HUSM. The numbers of respondents
involved in the study were 55 respondents. The subjects were selected using
convenience sampling. The associations between income, level of education, and
interval of pregnancy with anemia were determined by using chi-square test where p
value will be determined. While, the prevalence of anemia among pregnancy women
was described in percentage. The results showed the prevalence of anemia among
pregnancy women in HUSM was 18.2%. Approximately, 10 respondents was having
anemia from the total of 55 respondents involved. There was no association found
between anemia and income where p value was 0.23(p>0.001). The result showed
majority of the respondents 8(14.5%) whose having anemia has income between
RM2000-RM3000. There was also no association found between anemia and level of
education where p value was 0.18 (p>0.001 ). Respondents who's mostly getting anemia were respondents with higher education 7(12.7%). A part from that, no association was
found between anemia and interval of pregnancy where p value was 0.73(p>0.001).
Women who have interval of pregnancy less than 2 years have a tendency to get
anemia 6(10.9%) compared to mothers with interval of pregnancy more than 2 years.
But, there was an association was found between anemia and nutritional intake where p
value was O.00 (p<0.001). As a conclusion, nutritional intake was one of the important
factors contributing to anemia during pregnancy.
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