Prevalence and Sociodemographic Profile of Anaemia in Pregnancy at a Tertiary Care Center | Chapter 7 | Current Progress in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 5

 This branch highlights to decide the prevalence of anaemia in gestation and various befriended sociodemographic factors.WHO has accepted until 11 gm% as the normal haemoglobin level in gestation. Therefore any haemoglobin level beneath 11 gm% in pregnancy concede possibility be considered as anaemia. Studies completed activity in India and elsewhere have proved that iron deficiency is the major cause of anaemia understood by folate deficiency.Prevalence of anaemia in South Asian nations is among the capital in the world. WHO estimates that even between the South Asian countries, India has the best prevalence of anaemia. What is even more influential is the fact that about half of the global motherly deaths on account of anaemia occur in South Asian nations; India contributes to about 80 per insignificant value of the maternal fatality due to anaemia in South Asia.Therefore this study was attended to study prevalence and associated mathematical factors stylish.This prospective study was attended on all anaemic antenatal cases irrespective of gestational age accompanying the hospital Upper India Sugar Exchange Maternity Hospital, GSVM healing college Kanpur all the while period Jan 2013 to August 2014.During this ending all antenatal patients (4300) who showed up outdoor and household were included in the study. Prevalence of anaemia with them and allure associated sociodemographic determinants were studied.The study erect the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women during our study ending was 92% of which moderate were 70%,gentle 20%,severe 7% & harsh  were 3% using WHO tests as degree of anaemia. Anaemia was more widespread in early age group because of early marriages & in late exclusive informal network because of diversified births.Although there are various national digestive anaemia prevention programmes in India, anaemia still poses a weighty threat to parent and foetus during pregnancy by increasing the risk of motherly and perinatal death and depression.

Author(s) Details:

Smriti Anand,

PGIMS, H no 1027 Sector 3, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Neena Gupta,

GSVM College, P-3, Medical College Campus, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Seema Diwvedi,

GSVM College, R-8, Medical College Campus, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Neetu Singh,

GSVM College, L-26, Medical College Campus, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

G. N. Diwedi,

GSVM College, P-3, Medical College Campus, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Fatima Usmani,

GSVM college, D-13, Medical College Campus, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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