Publication: Compliance and its Determinants Regarding Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy in Kathmandu, Nepal
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rai, SS | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ratanasiri, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arkaravichien, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thapa, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Koju, R | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-16T07:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-16T07:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Rai SS,1 Ratanasiri T,2 Arkaravichien T,3 Thapa P,4 Koju R5 Department of Community Medicine, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. 4Department of Pharmacy, School of Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal. 5Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Background Iron deficiency anemia is one of the major public health problems mostly affecting pregnant women of developing countries like Nepal. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, has considerably high prevalence of anemia, which is attributed to inadequate dietary iron and problems of compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation. Objective This descriptive study aimed to identify the levels of and determinants associated with compliance regarding Iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Kathmandu, Nepal. Method The study was conducted in Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital in Kathmandu. Systematic random sampling was done to select a total of 406 samples that were either handed questionnaire for self-administration or interviewed. The χ2 test and multiple linear regressions were used for statistical analysis. Result The findings showed 73.2% of the respondents had high compliance, 12.8% moderate compliance, and 14% low compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation. More than half of the respondents had insufficient knowledge regarding anemia, iron deficiency and iron and folic acid supplementation. Multiple linear regression revealed that perceived severity, perceived barriers and social support were determinants of compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation (p<0.05). Conclusion This study infers that there is a lack of knowledge and awareness regarding anemia, iron deficiency, and iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women, and improvement in social support and perception of severity of the disease, and minimization of associated barriers may lead to better outcome in terms of compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women. KEY WORDS Anemia, compliance, iron, pregnant women, supplementation | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/2747 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Anemia | |
| dc.subject | compliance | |
| dc.subject | iron | |
| dc.subject | pregnant women | |
| dc.subject | supplementation | |
| dc.title | Compliance and its Determinants Regarding Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy in Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 317 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 311 | |
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