Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in the city of Campo Mourão – PR between the periods 2005 and 2008

Authors

  • Soraya Cristina Medeiros Américo Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Fabiana Nabarro Ferraz Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2011v32n1p59

Keywords:

Anemia, Pregnant women, Prevalence, Public health.

Abstract

Pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable groups to acquire anemia. Based on it, this study aimed verifying the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women, who were taken cared in Basic Health Units in Campo Mourão, from 2005 to 2008. As a tool for data collection were used the medical registrations of pregnant women and studied the following variables: age, marital status, hemoglobin dosage, and prescribed drugs for anemia. The prevalence of anemia among pregnant women was 6.18%, the majority (70.07%) had hemoglobin values between 9.6 to 10.8 g/dL, the most affected age group was between 18 and 26 (55.12%), in relation to the level of education, the majority (62.20%) had primary and secondary school complete and about half of the women were married (47.24%), the most prescribed medication for anemia were the salts of iron (88.18%). Oral supplementation of iron is the standard intervention for prevention and treatment of anemia during pregnancy. In this study, the prevalence of pregnant women with anemia was considered, according to the WHO, a mild public health problem, which most cases being (70.07%) classified as moderate anemia. The results obtained in our study are very important, especially as a source for future comparisons and monitoring the health of pregnant women in Campo Mourão.

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Author Biographies

Soraya Cristina Medeiros Américo, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Farmacêutica formada pela Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão - PR.

Fabiana Nabarro Ferraz, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Farmacêutica-Bioquímica, mestre em Análises Clínicas e docente no Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Biomedicina da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Published

2011-06-17

How to Cite

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Américo SCM, Ferraz FN. Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in the city of Campo Mourão – PR between the periods 2005 and 2008. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2011 Jun. 17 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];32(1):59-68. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/3975

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