The prevalence of anemia in pregnant women and its associated risk factors in North Sumatera, Indonesia

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Lestari, S.^1 ; Fujiati, I.I.^1 ; Keumalasari, D.^2 ; Daulay, M.^3 ; Martina, S.J.^4 ; Syarifah, S.^4

Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan, Indonesia^1

Departement of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan, Indonesia^2

Departement of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan, Indonesia^3

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan, Indonesia^4

关键词: Chi-square tests;    Energy deficiency;    Indonesia;    Pregnant woman;    Risk factors;    Sumatra;    Urban and rural areas;    Urban areas;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012195/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012195

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The gestation period is the period that determines the quality of human resources in the future because the development of the child is determined from the time of the fetus in utero. The most common nutrition problems suffered by pregnant women in Indonesia is Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) and anemia. The aim of this research to determine the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women and the risk factors associated with anemia in urban and rural areas of North Sumatera Province. This research is as descriptive analyticwith cross-sectional approach. Total sample 140 pregnant women from the Medan City, Langkat District and South Labuhan Batu District, and was from June to October 2016. Data collected by using interviews, hemoglobinometer tool and analyzed with Chi-square test. Anemia was in 40.7% of pregnant women, and the incidence of anemia is more common in pregnant women in urban areas than in rural areas. The factors associated with anemia in pregnant women is parity, knowledge of nutrition, diet and the risk of chronic energy deficiency (p