Iron Deficiency Anaemia In Reproductive Age Women Attending Obstetrics And Gynecology Outpatient Of University Health Centre In Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20346608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Taha, Attia Z Taha (King Faisal University), S Azhar (0009-0006-5189-8174), Tayeba Lone (King Abdul Aziz University Hospital), Ghulam Murtaza (0000-0003-4665-7801), SA Khan (0000-0002-0792-9109), Amara Mumtaz (0000-0001-9362-1719, COMSATS University Islamabad), MHHB Asad, Rozina Kousar (0000-0001-6430-4626), S Karim (University of the Punjab), Imran Tariq (0000-0001-6662-8819, University of the Punjab), SSU Hassan (University of the Punjab), Ishraq Hussain (0000-0001-8449-1617) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0189-6016 • E-ISSN: 2505-0044 |
| Publisher | African Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i2.19 |
| PMID | 25435619 |
| OpenAlex | W2084355086 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder in the world. The aim of this questionnaire based survey study was to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in reproductive age women, and their relation to variables such as age, marital status, education with those attending obstetrics and gynecology outpatient of King Faisal University Health Centre in Al-Ahsa in eastern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted for the period of 6 month staring from September 2012 to February 2013. The questionnaire had three sections on personal information: their educational indicators, gynecological clinical history, and hematological indices. RESULTS: The average age was 25.97±7.17 years. According to the gynecological clinical history of the respondents, 15 (48.4%) respondents were pregnant while 16 (51.6%) were not pregnant. There was significant effect of pregnancy status on Hb level. Majority of the anemic respondents 15/17 were married. Moreover 14/17 anemic women were experiencing severe menstrual bleeding, 11/17 respondents were pregnant. 54.8% of respondents were hemoglobin deficient while 77.4% were found to have low Hct. In 87.1 % of the respondents, transferrin saturation was found to be abnormal. CONCLUSION: In this study iron deficiency anemia is quite prevalent in the university community especially among pregnant women. The fetus's and newborn infant's iron status depends on the iron status of the pregnant woman and therefore, iron deficiency in the mother-to-be means that growing fetus probably will be iron deficient as well. Thus iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy in well-educated set up needs more attention by the concerned authorities
Anemia · Gynecology · Iron deficiency · Iron-deficiency anemia · Obstetrics · Obstetrics and gynaecology · Outpatient clinic · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Transferrin saturation · Cancer Research and Treatment · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medical Case Reports and Studies · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |