Abstract

PRENDES LABRADA, Marianela de la C; BANOS RODRIGUEZ, Alberto F; TOLEDO DIEPPA, Olga  and  LESCAY MEGRET, Orlando. Prevalencia de anemia en gestantes en un área de salud. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.1, pp. 25-30. ISSN 1561-3038.

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between January and September, 1998, in the area of the "Santos Suárez" Polyclinic in order to determine the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women, its relatioship with age, maternal nutritional state and birth weight. The sample was composed of 209 pregnant women that were caught in this period. The obstetric medical histories were reviewed and the data were collected in forms created to this end. The percentage calculstion was used for their processing. The prevalence of anemia among the studied expectants was of 64. 59 %. 83.74 % were between 20 and 35 years old. Those pregnant women with initial weighted assessment (IWA) considered as low weight I-II-III-IV an adequate weight developed anemia with higher frequency. Haemoglobine from 109 to 100 g/L predominated during the 3 trimesters of pregnancy independently of I.W.A. Most of the anemic expectants ( 80.74 %) were treated with prenatal tablets only and delivered newborns with a weight under 3 000 g

Keywords : PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC [epidemiology]; ANEMIA [epidemiology]; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY.

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