PMID- 25353165
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151113
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 0717-6384 (Electronic)
IS  - 0717-6384 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 6
DP  - 2014 Jul 11
TI  - [Clinical and socio-medical factors related to anemia in pregnant women: 
      prevalence study in Mara Township, Venezuela, 2013].
PG  - e5996
LID - 10.5867/medwave.2014.06.5996 [doi]
AB  - Anemia during pregnancy is a frequent finding and can increase morbidity and 
      mortality in both mother and child. This paper aims to identify clinical, social 
      and healthcare-related factors that affect the incidence of anemia in pregnant 
      patients in a primary care prenatal clinic in Mara municipality. This is a 
      descriptive field study that took place between November and December, 2013. 
      Sixty-two patients were selected through non-probability sampling among four 
      primary care clinics in the municipality of Mara. A high prevalence of anemia 
      (76%) was found, with normal MCV (mean corpuscular volume), normal MCH (mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin), and normal MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin 
      concentration). In only 36% of cases serum iron levels fell below 50 ug/dl. Some 
      clinical factors found to be related to anemia in pregnancy are multiparity 
      (69.9%), infections before or during pregnancy (77.5%), low protein intake 
      (91.8%), less than a year birth interval (63.3%), and gestational age (89.8%). 
      The main socioeconomic factor related to anemia is poverty (89.8%). Prenatal 
      checkup schedule needs to be adjusted in primary care clinics in the municipality 
      of Mara taking into consideration clinical and socioeconomic factors in order to 
      lower the prevalence of anemia during pregnancy in this population.
FAU - Avila, Ayari Guadalupe
AU  - Avila AG
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Bioanalisis, Planta Baja. 
      Final Av. 20 al lado de la Maternidad Castillo Plaza, Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, 
      Venezuela. Email: ayariavila@yahoo.es.
FAU - Garcia, Lenis
AU  - Garcia L
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
FAU - Gomez, Maria
AU  - Gomez M
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
FAU - Villanueva, Nixon
AU  - Villanueva N
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
FAU - Benitez, Betty
AU  - Benitez B
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
FAU - Fuentes, Belkis
AU  - Fuentes B
AD  - Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Factores clinicos y socio-sanitarios relacionados a la anemia en gestantes: 
      estudio de prevalencia en Municipio Mara, Venezuela, 2013.
DEP - 20140711
PL  - Chile
TA  - Medwave
JT  - Medwave
JID - 101581949
RN  - E1UOL152H7 (Iron)
SB  - IM
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities
MH  - Anemia/*epidemiology
MH  - Erythrocyte Indices
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iron/*blood
MH  - Poverty
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Primary Health Care
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Venezuela/epidemiology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - anemia
OT  - pregnancy
OT  - serum iron levels
OT  - socioeconomic factors
EDAT- 2014/10/30 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/14 06:00
CRDT- 2014/10/30 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/07/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - e5996 [pii]
AID - 10.5867/medwave.2014.06.5996 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Medwave. 2014 Jul 11;14(6):e5996. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2014.06.5996.