Knowledge of pregnant women about anemia is related with adherence to iron tablets

Baksono Winardi (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya)
Elga Caecaria Grahardika Andani (Midwifery Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya)

Majalah Obstetri dan Ginekologi
Vol. 26 No. 1 (2018): April

Objectives: to identify association between knowledge of pregnant women about anemia and the adherence to consume iron tablets in BPM Titik Suharti, Surabaya, IndonesiaMaterials and Methods: Observational analysis cross sectional study. Population consisted of 55 trimester pregnant women in BPM Titik Suharti, Surabaya, in March-April 2017. Samples were recruited using consecutive sampling. The number of sample was 35 respondents. Data were analyzed using chi-square test.Results: This research showed that all of the less knowledgeable women on anemia (100.00%) were non-adherent to consume iron tablets, almost all moderately knowledgeable women (92.9%) were adherent, and all of the fully knowledgeable women (100.00%) were adherent. Fisher exact test in significance level of 0.05 revealed p value equal to 0.0001, indicating association between knowledge about anemia and adherence to consume iron tablets at BPM Titik Suharti, Surabaya, Indonesia.Conclusion: There is an association between knowledge of pregnant women about anemia with adherence to iron tablets.