Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Its Association with Anaemia and other Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Yifag Health Centre

LIYIH, MINICHIL

dc.contributor.author	LIYIH, MINICHIL
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-15T12:27:19Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-15T12:27:19Z
dc.date.issued	2020-12-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11737
dc.description.abstract	Intestinal parasites are distributed worldwide and are widely prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries. Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs)sometimes result in anaemia. In Ethiopia, anaemia in pregnant women is the main concern. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections, their associated risk factors and its association with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Yifag Health Center. A crosssectional study was conducted from November 2019 to March 2020. The data were collected by questionnaire interview technique, collecting the stool samples, and blood samples from each pregnant woman. Wet mount and formol ether concentration techniques were applied to identify the IPIs. Data were analysed using SPSS version 25 and p value <0.05 was taken as statistically significant. A total of 280 pregnant women were selected using convenient random sampling technique a response rat of 99%. The prevalence of IPIs among pregnant women was 53.4% (95% CI: 47.37, 59.42). Taenia species (18.1%) was the predominant followed by Giardia lamblia 12.6%, Entamoeba histolytica (9.4%), hookworms (9%), Ascaris lumbricoides (4%), Schistosoma mansoni (3.2%), Hymenolepsis nana (0.7%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.4%), and Enterobius vermicularis (0.4%). Eating raw meat (AOR= 1.779; 95% CI: 1.070, 2.959; p = 0.026)was the only associated risk factor for the overall prevalence of IPIs. However, eating raw vegetables (AOR= 2.72; 95% CI: 1.27, 5.85; P=0.010)and poor personal hygiene (AOR= 402; 95% CI: 1.46, 11.07; P=0.007), were associated risk factor of G. lamblia. Eating raw meat ((AOR = 2.477; 1.252, 4.902; P= 0.009) was associated risk factors for Taenia species. Anaemia was determined by hematocrit using heparinized hematocrit tube. The result was read by using hematocrit reader and the result is divided by three to get the haemoglobin concentration. The prevalence of anaemia among the study participants was 10.1% (95% CI: 6.8, 14.3%). The majority of them (8.7%) were mild anaemic and the rest 1.4% moderately anaemic. The prevalence of anaemia was not significantly associated with IPIs in this study. The prevalence of IPIs was high which indicating; still health burdens on pregnant women. The high prevalence of anaemia needs intervention. Avoiding eating raw meat, strengthening sanitation and hygiene programs, routine deworming of pregnant mothers, and iron supplementation are recommended to reduce the burden of IPIs and anaemia among pregnant women	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	biology	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Its Association with Anaemia and other Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Yifag Health Centre	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US