• JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jul 2019

    Prevalence of Maternal Anemia in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Nepal.

    • Anita Lamichhane, Sharmila Gurung, Kiran Panthee, and Deekshya Shrestha.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Pravas, Palpa, Nepal.
    • JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2019 Jul 1; 57 (218): 238-242.

    IntroductionMaternal anemia is a common problem in developing countries like Nepal accounting for around 30-50% of women becoming anemic during pregnancy. The present study aims to find out the prevalence of maternal anemia in a tertiary care hospital in Western Nepal.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at Devdaha Medical College, Bhaluhi, Rupandehi, Nepal from October 2018 to May 2019 after taking ethical approval from the institutional review committee with the approval number: 012/2018. Three eighty three samples were taken and convenient sampling was done to reach the sample size. Data were collected from the study population after taking consent and entered in a predesigned proforma. It was then entered in an SPSS; point estimate at 95% CI was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data.ResultsDuring the study period, out of 383 mothers, 230 (60.2%) mothers were anemic at 95% CI (10.6-10.8%); of which 172 (74.8%) were moderately anemic while 58 (25.2%) were mild anemic. The mean maternal Haemoglobin was 9.5±1.76SD. The mean maternal age was 24.24±3.26 SD; mean gestational age at the time of delivery was 36.08±1.77 SD.ConclusionsThe prevalence of maternal anemia in this study is found to be higher than the national data which implies that maternal anemia is still a public health issue which needs to be addressed in spite of safe motherhood program launched by the government of Nepal.

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