Undernutrition and its association with socio-demographic factors among pregnant women attending tertiary health care hospital in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Autor:	Amol Kinge, Vikrant Pagar, Shriram Gosavi, Mukesh S. Bawa, Mamta S. Rathod, Sarika P. Patil, Anant N. Borde, Sushant Chavan
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Malnutrition business.industry Cross-sectional study Environmental health Socio demographics Health care Medicine business Association (psychology) medicine.disease
Zdroj:	International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 6:4456
ISSN:	2394-6040 2394-6032
Popis:	Background: Maternal nutrition is one of the most important health and welfare problems among women in developing countries. Only limited research has been conducted on the prevalence and determinants of maternal nutritional status in Maharashtra. Particularly, data on the nutritional status of pregnant women are lacking. The aim of this was to assess prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among pregnant women attending antenatal care center.Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted during September to December, 2018. Randomly selected 303 pregnant women were included in the study. Nutritional status was estimated using mid-upper-arm circumference. Data on potential determinants of undernutrition were gathered using a structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done using logistic regression. p
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