Associated risk factors among anemia in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Nam Phong Hospital, Khon Kaen Province.

Abstract

     This study aims to investigate the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Nam Phong Hospital in Khon Kaen and to identify associated risk factors. The study involved a retrospective cohort of 146 pregnant women who visited the antenatal care clinic at Nam Phong Hospital from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. The data were collected from ANC registration forms and analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, and standard deviation), chi-square, and multiple logistic regression.

     The study found that 23.2% of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Nam Phong Hospital had anemia. The mean hemoglobin level was 11.74 g (SD 1.25). The study identified several statistically significant risk factors for anemia in pregnancy, including a low level of education (primary school) (AOR 4.224, 95%CI  1.023,17.446) (p=0.047) , unemployment (AOR 2.886, 95%CI  1.212,6.871) (p=0.017) and gestational age at first antenatal care >12 weeks (AOR 3.229, 95%CI  1.246,8.735) (p=0.016) . However, other factors such as age, marital status, underlying disease, body mass index at first ANC and interpregnancy interval did not reach statistical significance.