Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is one of the most common health problems during pregnancy. In 2011, about 27% of pregnant women in Malaysia was anaemic and therefore constitute to a significantly moderate public health problem. The provision of iron supplements and educational intervention strategies were implemented, however, it differs throughout the country. Therefore, a quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a theory-based health educational intervention on hemoglobin level among anaemic pregnant women in Sepang. This paper reports the baseline findings. METHODS: This study involves a pre-post intervention with control involving two groups of antenatal mothers (control and intervention) from two health clinics in Sepang, with 81 subjects per group. Data was captured using self-administered questionnaire and haemoglobin level obtained from participantsÂ’ antenatal card. Primary outcome was haemoglobin level. Secondary outcome includes knowledge regarding anaemia, dietary practice and iron supplementation compliance. Baseline data was analysed descriptively and differences between the intervention and control group were analysed using bivariate analysis. RESULTS: One-hundred-and-seventy-two respondents were analysed. Baseline median (IQR) haemoglobin level was 10.2(0.80). Majority used iron tablets. Regarding the baseline comparison of the intervention and control group, there were no significant difference in mean age (p=0.27), ethnicity (p=0.11), education (p=0.69), haemoglobin level (p=0.06), knowledge score (p=0.11) and compliance towards iron supplementation (p=0.90). However, the intervention and control group differ significantly in the proportion of employment status (p=0.004) and family income (p=0.003). CONCLUSION: The haemoglobin level at baseline showed that majority of the respondents had moderate to mild anaemia and uses iron tablets.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-182,
title = {Haemoglobin Level Among Anaemic Pregnant Women in Sepang- A Baseline Data of a Quasi-Experimental Study},
author = {Rosliza Abdul Manaf and Hasneezah Hassan and Suriani Ismail and Geeta Appanah and Salmiah Md Said},
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 most common health problems during pregnancy. In 2011, about 27% of pregnant women in Malaysia was anaemic and therefore constitute to a significantly moderate public health problem. The provision of iron supplements and educational intervention strategies were implemented, however, it differs throughout the country. Therefore, a quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a theory-based health educational intervention on hemoglobin level among anaemic pregnant women in Sepang. This paper reports the baseline findings. METHODS: This study involves a pre-post intervention with control involving two groups of antenatal mothers (control and intervention) from two health clinics in Sepang, with 81 subjects per group. Data was captured using self-administered questionnaire and haemoglobin level obtained from participantsÂ’ antenatal card. Primary outcome was haemoglobin level. Secondary outcome includes knowledge regarding anaemia, dietary practice and iron supplementation compliance. Baseline data was analysed descriptively and differences between the intervention and control group were analysed using bivariate analysis. RESULTS: One-hundred-and-seventy-two respondents were analysed. Baseline median (IQR) haemoglobin level was 10.2(0.80). Majority used iron tablets. Regarding the baseline comparison of the intervention and control group, there were no significant difference in mean age (p=0.27), ethnicity (p=0.11), education (p=0.69), haemoglobin level (p=0.06), knowledge score (p=0.11) and compliance towards iron supplementation (p=0.90). However, the intervention and control group differ significantly in the proportion of employment status (p=0.004) and family income (p=0.003). CONCLUSION: The haemoglobin level at baseline showed that majority of the respondents had moderate to mild anaemia and uses iron tablets.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Universiti Putra Malaysia},
keywords = {anaemia, Hemoglolevel, Pregnancy, quasi-experimental study},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}