Abstract

Anaemia is the commonest medical disorder in pregnancy. Anemia during pregnancy is a major public health problem throughout the world, particularly the developing countries. Anaemia in pregnancy leads to premature births, low birth weight, fetal impairment, and infant deaths. Objectives: To find out the prevalence of anaemia and to estimate the compliance to Iron and Folic acid tablets among among pregnant females in rural population of Gurugram, Haryana.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in villages under PHC Garhi Harsaru in Gurugram, Haryana among 452 females of age group 10-45 years by two stage random sampling technique. Out of 452 females, 123 were found to be pregnant. Results: The prevalence among pregnant females was found to be 49.59%. The prevalence of anaemia was thus found to be highest among women in first trimester of pregnancy(73.33%). On assessing the severity of anaemia, it was found that the prevalence of severe anaemia was 8.13% among pregnant females as compared to only 4.86% among non pregnant females. About 74.37% were compliant i.e. taking IFA tablets as advised, 21.61% were non compliant and 4.02% of the subjects were over compliant. Conclusion: The comparatively lower prevalence of anaemia in the second trimester could be due to the role of iron and folic acid supplementation. Despite numerous preventive and promotive efforts from the Government, anemia in pregnancy still stands as a major health problem in India.

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