Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is one of the common hematological condition in pregnancy. Anaemia in pregnancy can be a mild condition and easily treated if caught early. It is often associated with other serious complications such as miscarriage, low birth weight, premature birth and maternal mortality. This has been a big challenge for antenatal care in Sabah which experienced highest percentage of antenatal mother with anaemia in Malaysia for the past years especially in interior districts. METHODS: Five yearsÂ’ data of antenatal mothers registered in public health clinic with anaemia at 36-week period of gestation for all four districts in interior division of Sabah reviewed from 2014-2018 and analysed retrospectively. RESULTS: The percentage of antenatal mothers with anaemia at 36-week period of gestation is continuously decreased for the past five years in all four districts, with a slight increase in year 2015. District of Nabawan shows major percentage drop in cases from 23.7% in 2014 to 8.7% in 2018; while District of Tambunan dropped from 18.3% to 5.7%. For district of Keningau and Tenom, both showed continuously decrease in trend with 11.8% to 8.8% and 8.8% to 7.0% respectively. Most cases contributed by beta-thallasemia carrier mothers, late booking mothers and lower income group mothers. CONCLUSION: Increasing awareness, strengthening the current approach and continuous long-term intervention involving multidisciplinary team are imperative in managing anaemia in pregnancy and improving antenatal mother health care.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-125,
title = {Anaemia in Pregnancy: 5 Years Reviews in Interior Districts of Sabah},
author = {Abdul Qayyum Jumidey and Nurul Hidayah Aminudin and Abdul Marsudi Manah},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is one of the common hematological condition in pregnancy. Anaemia in pregnancy can be a mild condition and easily treated if caught early. It is often associated with other serious complications such as miscarriage, low birth weight, premature birth and maternal mortality. This has been a big challenge for antenatal care in Sabah which experienced highest percentage of antenatal mother with anaemia in Malaysia for the past years especially in interior districts. METHODS: Five yearsÂ’ data of antenatal mothers registered in public health clinic with anaemia at 36-week period of gestation for all four districts in interior division of Sabah reviewed from 2014-2018 and analysed retrospectively. RESULTS: The percentage of antenatal mothers with anaemia at 36-week period of gestation is continuously decreased for the past five years in all four districts, with a slight increase in year 2015. District of Nabawan shows major percentage drop in cases from 23.7% in 2014 to 8.7% in 2018; while District of Tambunan dropped from 18.3% to 5.7%. For district of Keningau and Tenom, both showed continuously decrease in trend with 11.8% to 8.8% and 8.8% to 7.0% respectively. Most cases contributed by beta-thallasemia carrier mothers, late booking mothers and lower income group mothers. CONCLUSION: Increasing awareness, strengthening the current approach and continuous long-term intervention involving multidisciplinary team are imperative in managing anaemia in pregnancy and improving antenatal mother health care.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Kawasan Keningau, Pejabat Kesihatan Kawasan Keningau, Pejabat Kesihatan Kawasan Keningau},
keywords = {anaemia, antenatal care, apcph2019, maternal health, Sabah},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}