Objectives This study investigated the influence of Nutrient Intake and Workload on the Maternal Outcome of Pregnancy in Selected Health Facilities of Abeokuta Ogun State. Methods Multistage sampling procedure was adopted to select 200 respondents using their clinic booking register. A 24-hr diet recall was used to obtain information on nutrient intake, occupation and house chores was estimated to assess maternal workload using Henriksen method with little modification on job duration and demand while the maternal outcome such as nature of delivery, Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Blood Pressure (BP) were assessed as secondary data from the maternal delivery records with details of all events that surrounded the delivery. All data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0, nutrient intake was analysed with nutri-survey software and compared with Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) while number of hours worked per day were analysed as a categorical variable according to conventional classification. The maternal outcome was classified according to UNICEF. Spearman correlation was use to draw possibly association between variables. Results The result shows that carbohydrate and protein intake exceeded the RDA while micronutrients (calcium, iron, magnesium vitamin A, E, B-complex and folate) were below RDA. Maternal workload shows that 69.60%, 20.00% and 10.70% of the respondents had low, moderate and high workload respectively. Maternal pregnancy outcome assessed revealed that 58.80% had spontaneous virginal delivery, 35.30% had caesarean sections, 3.30% was assisted with vacuum while 2.7% delivered by induction. Over half (52.50%) of the respondents had normal PCV before delivery and 80.80% were anemic after delivery. Prevalence of systolic and diastolic hypertension after delivery was 27.00% and 20.00% respectively. Conclusions The calorie, iron magnesium and vitamin C are significant to maternal workload while protein and iron intake are significant to nature of delivery had by the respondents. Low maternal workload favours spontaneous virginal delivery and minimize blood pressure before and after delivery. Increase workload reduces the PCV of the respondents by half. Funding Sources Self-sponsored.
Background: Advocacy of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) consumption as an essential crop in many developing countries to alleviate vitamin A deficiency due to its beta carotene bio-fortification. It is crucial to assess its glycaemic index (GI) compared to the indigenous sweet potato (ISP) for therapeutic meal planning. Objective: This study aimed to determine and compare the GI of orange-fleshed sweet potato and indigenous sweet potato commonly consumed in Ogun State, Nigeria. Materials and Method: OFSP and ISP were obtained from a farmers' market at Abeokuta, Nigeria. Ten healthy individuals within the age range of 18 and 24 years were recruited. Volunteers were served with equivalent test foods (250g of OFSP and 200g of ISP) to give 50g of available carbohydrates. The boiled potatoes were served plain after 11-12 hours overnight fast and tested the subject's blood glucose at different times. The incremental area under the curve (IAUC) was determined using Microsoft Excel, and the GI was calculated. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to calculate the mean, standard deviation, and correlation. Statistical tests were significant at p ≤ 0.05. Results: ISP had greater carbohydrate content (24.33g±0.20) than OFSP (18.87g±0.26). The mean GI of OFSP was 81.36g±7.17, while that of ISP was 85.50g±7.26. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) between the GI of OFSP and ISP at 30, 60, and 120 minutes, whereas found a significant difference (CI-95%) between the GI of OFSP, ISP, and glucose at 90 minutes. Conclusion: The OFSP and ISP consumed in Ogun state have a high GI, although OFSP had lower GI compared to ISP. However, the GI values for these test foods were not significantly different.
Background: Nutrient inadequacy during childbearing age and pregnancy is a major cause of intrauterine growth retardation of the foetus leading to other long-term health problems such as non-communicable diseases in later years. More so, child malnutrition and mortality can be majorly attributed to improper infant and young child feeding practices. Objective: This study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of nutrition education intervention on maternal nutritional knowledge among women of childbearing age in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. Materials and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional research design was employed for this study and 115 women of childbearing age were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire developed from the “Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices” nutrition education handbook by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which was administered pre and post the nutrition education. Data were vetted, coded and subjected to analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. Tests were statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05. Results: Below average (42.6%) of the respondents had good nutritional knowledge on breastfeeding, 42.6% had average on complementary feeding, while majority (61.8%) had good knowledge on health practices in the pre-test. The post-intervention test revealed significant improvement in their knowledge where 74.8%, 74.0% and 77.4% had good nutritional knowledge on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and health practices respectively. Testing the effectiveness of the nutrition education intervention, there was a significant difference between the pre and post nutritional knowledge test scores (p-0.00). Conclusion: The study population had an average knowledge on breastfeeding and complementary feeding before the nutrition education intervention. The post-education tests result showed improvements on their knowledge from average to good on all the practices. This shows that the nutrition education was effective in improving their maternal nutritional knowledge.
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