Background: Anemia in pregnancy is a condition which every pregnant women must be aware of. Anemia causes difficulty in surviving the blood loss in labor. Malaria can cause complications for mothers such as anemia and fetal death.
Objective:To determine the relationship of malaria infection with maternal anemia in Mentawai Island and Sumba Barat Daya.
Method: This is a cross section study of 119 pregnant women inMentawai Island District and Southwest Sumba District. Respondents fill out demographic questionnaires, malaria questionnaires, rapid diagnostic test for malaria, hemoglobin test and blood smear checked. The data is analyzed using univariate and bivariate data analysis.
Result: There were no respondents who had malaria infection. 54 respondents (45,5%) has no anemia, 29 respondents (24,4%) has mild anemia and 36 respondents (30,3%) has moderate anemia.
Conclusion: There is no correlation between maternal age, pregnancy age, and antenatal care with anemia in pregnancy. There is a correlation between consumption of iron tablets with anemia in pregnancy. The correlation between malaria infection and anemia of pregnancy can not be determined due to the absence of subject’s who got infected malaria. |