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Anemia is one of nutritional insufficiency disorder and affecting developing and developed country both. In developing country around 56% of pregnant mothers are anemic. Anemia is second most cause for the maternal mortality in India. The main objective of this study was to understand the health profile by assessing the level of hemoglobin of pregnant women at the completion of their pregnancy period and its associated socio demographic factors among the mothers at term on the basis of Hb level. The study was conducted on pregnant mother who were admitted to civil hospital Ambala Haryana. This study was an observational study. Mother’s hospital records were assessed and the Hb value of mothers was noted. The study was conducted in December, 2016 month to January, 2017. The prevalence of anemia and its associated factors were studied. There are many factors responsible for the incidence of anemia. Anemia was classified according to WHO classification. Out of 286 samples, the prevalence of anemia was75% among pregnant mothers who were admitted for delivery in the hospital. 51.7% had mild anemia, 29% had moderate anemia, 4.5% had severe anemia and 2.1 % had extremely severe anemia, according to who classification. There is significant high prevalence of anemia among pregnant mothers. Anemia is one of public health problem. Awareness towards the iron rich diet and supplementation, nutritional counseling and spacing between birth children are recommended to prevent the anemia among women, more emphasis on those having huge family size and lower socioeconomic status.