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Objective: As anemia is highly prevalent among pregnant women, the government of India took the initiative to start prophylactic iron folic acid tablets (IFA) to reduce its prevalence. Hence, this study was done with the objectives to assess compliance to IFA among antenatal women and to identify the associated factors.
Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study conducted among 100 women attending antenatal clinics. A pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, and Chi-square.
Results: The compliance to IFA was found to be 46.15% and was significantly more in anemic pregnant women.
Conclusion: The prevalence of compliance to IFA tablets was only 46.15%. Hence, counseling and awareness to be done about the importance of taking IFA tablets regularly during the antenatal period, so that compliance can be improved.
目的：由于贫血在孕妇中的发病率很高，印度政府主动开始预防性服用叶酸铁片（IFA），以降低其发病率。因此，本研究旨在评估产前妇女服用叶酸铁片的依从性，并确定相关因素：本研究是一项横断面研究，对象是 100 名在产前诊所就诊的妇女。采用预先设计的半结构式问卷收集数据。对数据进行了频率、百分比和卡方分析：结果发现，服用 IFA 药片的依从性为 46.15%，贫血孕妇的依从性明显更高：结论：孕妇服用 IFA 药片的依从性仅为 46.15%。因此，应就产前定期服用 IFA 药片的重要性进行咨询和宣传，以提高依从性。
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