Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy: A retrospective study at Tertiary care hospital in Jharkhand, India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective:Anemia in pregnancy is a major health problem with adverse maternal and foetal outcome worldwide specially, developing countries like India. The aim of the present study was to understand the prevalence of anemia among the pregnant women and its deleterious effects on pregnancy outcome. Material and Method:This is a retrospective observational study done at a tertiary care hospital M.G.M. Medical College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand over a period of one years from January 2017 to December 2017 Result:A high prevalence of anemia, 76% was observed among pregnant women. The current study shows 925 (20%) cases of mild anemia, 2011(44%) cases of moderate anemia , 1407 (31%) cases of severe anemia and 195(4.3%) cases of very severe anemia. The study shows that out of 5971 deliveries during the study period 1612 (35.3%) patients were severely anemic. There was 2995 (66%) unbooked cases and 2587(56%) wereprimigravidae. Majority of patients belonged to low socioeconomic group and of age below 24yrs. Maternal complications were preterm labour (44%), preeclampsia- eclampsia (51%), cardiacfailure (0.39%), PPH (2%), and maternaldeath (0.35%). Perinatal morbidity and mortality is also high in severe form of anemia. Conclusion:Anemia in all form is associated with adverse maternal and perinatal complications. It is directly proportional to parity, less spacing between pregnancy, low socio-economic conditions and illiteracy. It is one of the preventable indirect cause of maternal mortality. Effective guidelines regarding girl child education, regular antenatal checkups, and regular intake of iron folic acid tab and availability of health facilities to rural population upto the grass root level might help in bringing down the prevalence.
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ManjuMerina Bara, Manjula Srivastava, Annie Samuel
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