Abstract: Anemia is a major public health problem affecting all age
groups. In pregnancy, it is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. To
assess the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women attending
labor ward and it is associated factor. A cross-sectional study conducted
at Al-Hakeem Hospital in Baghdad from April 4th 2019 to November 1st
2019 where a sample of 249 pregnant ladies included in this study, all
admitted to labor ward in a state of labor and information data were
taken about their age, parity, educational state, iron intake and
antenatal care. Analysis of hemoglobin was done for all cases.
Hemoglobin level was between 7.4 and 15.9 for 249 women involved in
the study. The number of anemic ladies was 121 (49%). The 58% of
anemic cases were mild while 42% of them have moderate anemia.
Regarding educational status, 18.1% were illiterate, 17.7% were read
and write only, 28.1% have primary education, 28.1% have secondary
and only 8% have higher study. Concerning the Antenatal Care (ANC);
17.3% have poor ANC, 43.4% have irregular ANC, 39.4% have good ANC.
For the number of visits in the last month of pregnancy; 26.5% have no
visit, 34.9% have one visit, 38.6% have two visits. Regarding iron
supplement; 31.3% were poor intaker, 28.9% were irregular intakers,
39.8% were good intakers of supplement. Anemia is highly prevalent in
women admitted to labor ward (49%). So, we still need to give more
effort to deal with this problem.
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2020
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