Abstract
Context: Nutritional anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency complicating the antenatal period. As much as 87% of the Indian pregnant women in rural areas are reported anemic. Urban areas of the national capital are not spared from this medical disorder complicating pregnancy, information regarding which is grossly insufficient.
Aims: To study the demographic profile of the maternal population affected with anemia and its outcome among the urban population of New Delhi.
Settings and Design: Study conducted was cross sectional study
Methods and Material: All the labouring females attending Labor room of Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi from June 2012 to June 2014 were included in the study after informed consent. Patients with Thallasemia and blood dyscariasis were excluded.
Statistical analysis used: Student ‘t’test, ‘chi square’ test.
Results: Total 1400 antenatal females comprising 1054 non anemic and 346 anemic mothers were studied. All mothers in both group, belonging to urban New Delhi, were literate and above poverty line. Dimorphic anemia was the most common pathological type. There was significantly higher rate of IUGR, Low Birth Weight, Still Birth, and abnormal Fetal Cerebral Hemodynamics and Maternal mortality rate in anemic group.
Key Message: Nutritional anemia affects a substantial number of Literate mothers of above poverty line families in urban part of capital with drastic impact on maternal and fetal well being. Nutritional ignorance and not the illiteracy promote the disease and needs targeting in future Maternal Health programmes.
Key-words: Anemia in pregnancy, literacy, Urban New Delhi.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Eram Ali MD Obs & Gynae
Senior Resident, Dept of Obs & Gynae, JN Medical College,
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i8.14
