Revista de Prevención y Control de Infecciones Acceso abierto

Abstracto

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among Pregnant Womenâ??s Attending Antenatal care service in Bahir Dar City Public Health Institution, North West Ethiopia, 2019

HaileyesusGedamu*1, Muluadam Abebe2

Background: This health institution cross-sectional study was determine the prevalence and associated factors of anemia among pregnant women’sattending ANC service in Bahir Dar city public health institution North Western Ethiopia.

Result: A total of 381 study subjects were interviewed in this study .The mean age (standard deviation) of the participants was 26.1±4.322 years. Out of the total study respondents 325(85.3%) of them were able to read and write. The overall prevalence of anemia in the study was 32.5%. Multivariate logistic regression was done for variables that showed association during bivariate analysis. Birth space of the respondents being less than two years were 3.5 times more likely to be anemic compared to birth space greater than two years. (AOR =3.523, 95%CI: (1.502, 8.265). Those who eat fruit less than three times per week were 3.2 times more likely to be anemic compared to those who eat greater than or equal to three times per week. (AOR= 3.165, 95%CI: (1.235, 8.114).