Practice And Significance of Iron Folic Acid Supplementation in Post-Partum Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Rajasthan

Authors

  • Yogesh Kumar Singhal RNT Medical College, Udaipur
  • Chandan Mal Fatehpuriya RNT Medical College, Udaipur
  • Rekha Bhatnagar RNT Medical College, Udaipur
  • Rohit Jain RNT Medical College, Udaipur
  • Kathiravan Rajendran RNT Medical College, Udaipur
  • Pratap Bhan Kaushik RNT Medical College, Udaipur

Keywords:

anemia, haemoglobin, postpartum, iron folic acid

Abstract

Background: The objective of the current study was to overlook the real picture of Iron Folic acid supplementation by establishing a rela- tionship between the practice of Iron Folic acid supplementation & the mean change in haemoglobin level antepartum and postpartum.

Methods: Two hundred and ninety pregnant women were inter- viewed using a structured questionnaire at 6 weeks postpartum. Women who had Haemoglobin report done between 36-38 week of gestation period and agreed for Haemoglobin estimation at 6th week postpartum were included in study. The data were fed into SPSS ver- sion 16.0 and analyzed. Mean haemoglobin concentrations during the antepartum and postpartum periods were compared using the paired t-test.

Results: The proportion of study subjects who were anemic at 36 weeks’ gestation was 64.48% and at 6 weeks postpartum was 90.68%. The mean haemoglobin at 36–38 weeks’ gestation was 10.28 ± 1.54 g/dL and at 6 weeks postpartum was 9.31±1.35 g/dL. Women taking IFA in antepartum period were 75.51% while women taking IFA in postpartum period were 11.03% only. Total 85.38% women were dropout in using IFA supplementation.

Conclusion: Despite the better availability and coverage of maternal health facilities, attitude and practice towards IFA supplementation in postpartum women is significantly ignored.

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Singhal YK, Fatehpuriya CM, Bhatnagar R, Jain R, Rajendran K, Kaushik PB. Practice And Significance of Iron Folic Acid Supplementation in Post-Partum Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Rajasthan. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 23];6(04):614-7. Available from: https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1291

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