Hematological Abnormalities and Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2025
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: During pregnancy there is changes in hematological parameters as to balance thethe requirements of the growing fetus and placenta . hematological markers could have effect onthe pregnancy and it’s final fate. Among the various abnormalities anemia and low platelet countare the most frequently encountered problem.
Objectives: We determined the selected hematological profile and risk factors among pregnantwomen attending antenatal care at TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Michu Clinic,AddisAbeba, Ethiopia from September 2021 - February 2023.
Methods: We have recruited 406 pregnant mothers at TikurAnbessaSpecialized Hospital,MichuClinic ,Addis Ababa Ethiopia between September 2021 to February 2023 GC. following across-secetionalapproach. Clinical information and maternal age, gestational age and other information were collected using a structured data collection format that were done by aninterviewer. Five milliliters of venous blood was collected using EDTA tubes from each pregnantwomen and using Sysmex KX-21N blood analyzer complete blood count ( CBC) weredetermined. The results were analyzed using measure of central tendencies by applying staticalfor package social science version 23 softwares. The findings was displayed with texts, figuresand tablesResults: Pregnant women have mean age of 28.4 +/- 5.06SD. The mean White cell , red cell andplatelet count of the pregnant mothers were 7.71+2.62, 4.23+0.35 million and 234.56 + 28thousand per micro liters of blood respectively. Pregnant women having history of abortion andwith low income had low hemoglobin and hematocrit value. Based on this finding, beingpregnant was found to reduce the level of hemoglobin and hematocrit measurements with Pvalues for Hgb (0.01) and HCT (0.02).
Conclusion: This study found that the level of hemoglobin and hematocrit among the pregnantwomen were low. Hence regular hemoglobin and other common hematological measurement isimportant in the time of pregnancy and mother’s awareness has to be improved on theimportance of nutrition during pregnancy
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Hematological profile pregnant women risk factor TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital