Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Anemia Among Pregnant Iranian Women (2005 - 2015)

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Zahra Darvishi²  Milad Azami¹  Kourosh Sayehmiri³ 

[1] Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran;Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran;Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical SciencesØŒ Ilam, IR Iran

关键词: Prevalence;    Anemia;    Pregnant Women;    Pregnancy;    Iran;    Meta-Analysis;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj38462

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Context:Anemiaisacommon,globalhealthproblemthathasshort-termandlong-termeffectsduringpregnancy.SeveralstudieshavebeenconductedontheprevalenceofanemiaamongpregnantIranianwomeninthelast10years(2005-2015).ThecurrentstudyevaluatedtheprevalenceofanemiaamongpregnantIranianwomeninthistimeperiod.EvidenceAcquisition:ThecurrentstudyfollowedthePreferredReportingItemsforsystematicreviewsandmeta-analyses(PRISMA)checklist.SearchesforrelevantliteraturewereconductedonscientificdatabasessuchastheIranianjournaldatabase(Magiran),Iranianbiomedicaljournaldatabase(IranMedex),thescientificinformationdatabase(SID),globalmedicalarticleLimberly(Medlib),IranDoc,Scopus,PubMed,ScienceDirect,Springer,WebofScience,Wileyonlinelibrary,andGoogleScholar.Allpopulation-basedstudiesandnationalsurveysthatreportedontheprevalenceofanemiaamongpregnantIranianwomenpublishedbetweenJanuary1st,2005andDecember31st,2015wereincluded.Allrelatedarticleswereconsideredbasedoninclusioncriteria.Usingarandomeffectsmodel,datawereanalyzedthroughSTATAsoftware(ver.11.1).Results:Eighteenarticleswithacombinedsamplesizeof51,521wereinvestigated.TheprevalenceofanemiainpregnantIranianwomenwasestimatedat17.9%(CI:95%;14.7-21.1).ThehighestandlowestpercentageswerereportedinIran’scentral(24.9%)andwestern(6.3%)parts,respectively.Theprevalenceofanemiaamongrural(17.6%)andurban(22.1%)pregnantIranianwomenwasalsodetermined.Conclusions:TheprevalenceofanemiaamongpregnantIranianwomenhasincreasedinthelast10years.Therefore,appropriateinterventionplans,includingtraininginpropernutritionduringpregnancyandtraininginthecorrectuseofiron,vitamins,andfolicacidsupplements,shouldbearrangedandperformedinprenatalclinicsorbeforemarriage.

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