2015
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0703.1000197
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Magnitude of Anemia and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Nekemte Health Center, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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“…11,8 But Mihiretie H et al in their study in Ethiopia had found that gestational age (trimester) is an important determinant of anaemia in pregnancy. 15 The current study revealed that anaemia is significantly more common in multiparous women than primi and nulliparous which is concordance with other studies. 4,11,17 This is because Multiparous women tend to have greater menstrual losses that increase with parity.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
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“…11,8 But Mihiretie H et al in their study in Ethiopia had found that gestational age (trimester) is an important determinant of anaemia in pregnancy. 15 The current study revealed that anaemia is significantly more common in multiparous women than primi and nulliparous which is concordance with other studies. 4,11,17 This is because Multiparous women tend to have greater menstrual losses that increase with parity.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…11 But in contrast with our study Mihiretie H et al reported significantly higher prevalence of anaemia among literates women than illiterates and kefiyalew F et al (2014) in south east Ethiopia also observed that anaemia was more common in literates (32%) than illiterates (25.3%). 15,8 In our study, the association of anaemia with socioeconomic classes was found to be statistically highly significant (p=0.0066) and it come out to be important risk factor in development of anaemia in pregnancy. This might be due to availability and affordability of high-quality food with better socioeconomic status.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 49%
“…The magnitude of anemia in this study area using a cut off level of Hb<11 g/dl is 28.1%. The magnitude of Anemia in pregnant women in the study area is lower compared to global prevalence (41.8%), India(49.7%), Malaysia(33%), Kenya (57%), Boditi (Ethiopia) (61.6%), Nekemte 2014) (29.0%), Nekemte (2015, Ethiopia) (52%) and Addis Ababa (TikurAnbesaHospial, Ethiopia) (33%) [15][16][17][21][22][23][24]. But higher compared to the study conducted indifferent parts of Ethiopia; Azezo (21.6%), in Hawasa town (27.7%) and Bisidimotown (27.9%) [18][19][20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clients were interviewed at exit of ANC service use. Questionnaires were adopted from similar studies conducted in Ethiopia and modified based on the objectives of the study [20,23]. Mixed type of questions (structured and semi-structured) was used to collect the data.…”
Section: Data Collection Proceduresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Anemia is a pathological condition arises when the concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) or hematocrit (HCT) or RBC (red blood cells) count is lower than the recommended normal range level rendering the reduction in the oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells to tissues while affecting almost all age group of people, frequently pregnant women [1]- [8]. Anemia during pregnancy is a significant public health problem in low-income countries (56%) and developed countries (18%) [2]- [9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%