Assessment of the Anemic Conditions among the Females with Pregnancy at Tertiary Care Hospitals of Sindh Pakistan

Abstract

Anemia is pathological disorder usually caused by mal nutrition and it was very common among feminine gender during gestational period, number of disease and death are also associated with this type of disorder during pregnancy. The major theme of the study is to evaluate the anemic condition along with prescribed medication among females during the period of pregnancy. Descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out for the period of 9 months at various tertiary care hospitals situated in rural areas of Sindh province. Total 273 females with pregnancy along with anemic condition, were selected by purposive sampling method. From total number of study subjects 71% females were diagnosed as anemic, that were further categorized as mild, moderate and severe, depend on their medical condition. It was observed that anemic condition was more common among infancy pregnant females with ages 20-29 years, the number of patients were 209 (76.5%). females with primary or secondary education had more problem of anemia as compared to females with intermediate or graduation. Anemic females with primary education (126), secondary education (73) whereas anemic female with intermediate (46) and with graduation anemic females were only (28). Females with multipara had severe anemic condition as females with primigravida. Anemic condition becomes more severe among females with second or third trimester. Anemic condition among females with 1st trimester was 37, in second trimester 109 whereas in 3rd trimester 127 anemic females were reported. For management of anemia among females with pregnancy depends upon the medication taking by them, number of females was 142, which were taking 3 or 4 medicine, while females with mono pharmacy were 95 and only 36 females were taking various multi vitamin, intravenous Iron supplement and it was concluded that anemia was more common among females resident of rural area due to unawareness regarding anemia and its associated complication. Another major cause was observed was mal nutrition.