Relationship between habit of consuming iron-rich foods and prevalence of anemia among pregnant women

Abstract

Objective

This study aims to determine the relationship between the habit of consuming iron-rich foods and incidence of anemia in pregnant women.

Method

Descriptive design was used with a cross-sectional correlation. The respondents were 30 pregnant women selected using the total sampling technique, and Spearman correlation test was performed. Furthermore, the study instrument consisted of demographic data and questionnaires.

Result

This study showed that the habit of consuming iron-rich foods in the high category was 23.3%, and the moderate was 76.7%. While, the incidence of anemia in pregnant women was 33.3%, but those that were not anemic were 66.7%. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the consumption habit and incidence of anemia with a value of p = 0.000.

Conclusion

Pregnant women that consumed iron according to their needs were able to minimize the incidence of anemia.