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Assessment of Knowledge and Practices regarding Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Kattankudy D.S. Division of Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka
Tropical Agricultural Research 33(4): 386–395 · 2022
https://doi.org/10.4038/tar.v33i4.8589
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practices regarding anaemia among pregnant women in the Kattankudy D.S. division of Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka. A total of 352 pregnant women were enrolled on the study using a non-random sampling method. A semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect data. The descriptive analysis was used to study the sociodemographic and baseline data of the participants. Friedman’s test was used to determine the relationship between study variables. Baseline data indicated that 59.9% of the women were multigravida, and the majority of the pregnant women had pregnancy spacing for more than three years. The haemoglobin (Hb) level of the women showed that the majority of them (80.1%) had ≥11 g d/L (normal), and only 19.9% of them had
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