Prevalence and obstetric factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women, attending antenatal care in Unguja island, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Mwanaisha M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNgowi, Agatha F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGibore, Nyasiro S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:39:05Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:39:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Anaemia in pregnancy remains a major health problem with adverse maternal and fetal outcome worldwide, especially in developing countries such as Tanzania. The study aimed to establish prevalence and obstetric factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care visits in Unguja Island, Tanzania.Methods: This cross sectional survey used systemic random sampling in three hospitals of Unguja Island to select 388 pregnant women. Demographic and obstetric characteristics of respondents were collected using a structured questionnaire. Hemoglobin levels were measured by using Hemocue machine. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out in SPSS version 21.0 to measure obstetric factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women.Results: The overall prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women was 80.8%, whereby 68.64% of respondents had mild anaemia, 11.24% had moderate anaemia and 0.89% had severe anaemia. The factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy were gravidity, (AOR= 1.185, 95% CI=0.317-4.338, p<0.001), irregular taking of iron tablets (AOR=0.288, 95% CI=0.149-0.556, p<0.001) and age of the child <2 years, (AOR 3.635, 95% CI= 1.103-11.882, p<0.034).Conclusions: The prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Unguja is high. Timely and regular intake of iron tablets during pregnancy, child spacing as well as having children within the capacity of parents to raise them up may significantly reduce the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. Therefore health education on family planning and the importance of taking of iron tablet is critical.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pathology, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkeyen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Biostatistics, ESOGU Medical Faculty, Eskişehir, Turkeyen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAnkara, Turkey Department of Obstetrics and gynecology, Kivunge Cottage Hospital Unguja, Ministry of Health Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAli Mwanaisha M., Ngowi Agatha F., Gibore Nyasiro S. . Prevalence and obstetric factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women, attending antenatal care in Unguja island, Tanzania. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Mar; 6(3): 950-957en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201267
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190577en_US
dc.subjectAnaemiaen_US
dc.subjectMaternal anaemiaen_US
dc.subjectObstetric factorsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectUngujaen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and obstetric factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women, attending antenatal care in Unguja island, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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