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Determination of the nutritional status of high-risk antenatal women in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Mona; s.n; Oct. 2000. i,48 p. tab, gra.
Tese em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17195
Biblioteca responsável: TT5
Localização: TT5; RG 559.S95 2000
ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study was done of forty-eight women attending the High Risk Antenatal Clinic at the Black River Hospital in the Parish of St. Elizabeth during the three month period of September to November, 1999 to determine their nutritional status. The data collection instrument included a twenty-four diet recall as well as food frequency questionnaire. The study group included teenagers (41.7 percent), women twenty years and older (20 percent) and women thirty to forty-four years old (38.3 percent). Twenty-seven women were pregnant for the first time while 18 women were multiparous and 3 women were grand multiparous. There was more than 50 percent unemployment and over 50 percent of the study group included students, housewives and unskilled women. Of note, there were no tertiary graduates or any member of the Technical, Professional or Managerial occupational groups. All forty-eight women completed primary (56 percent) or secondary (44 percent) schooling. Fifteen women had confirmed medical conditions or diseases including anemia, astma, congenital heart disease, gout, hypertension, Rhesus negative blood group and sickle cell disease. Thirty-eight women experienced side effects of pregnancy, with high prevalences of heartburn and vomiting at 54 percent and 45.8 percent respectively. Thirty-eight women consumed pica agents such as dirt, cake soap and ashes, marl with ice showing the highest prevalence of 58.3 percent. For the first and second trimester periods of 0-28 weeks weight gain was in excess of the range while weight gain for the third trimester (29-40) weeks was within the range for the period. The nutrient intakes used to determine nutritional status were the Recommended Daily Allowance for the age group which included calories, protein and fat. Deficiencies expressed as a perecntage of the RDA were vitamin C and D, calcium and iron. Adequate nutrient sources were demonstrated from the responses to the food frequency questionnaire. The prevalence of anaemia was 23.8 percent and close to one half of the group (47.9 percent) took iron supplements. The study group was already at risk due to their low socio-economic status and were deemed equally at a nutritional risk due to the notable excesses and deficiencies in their nutrient intake (AU)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Gravidez / Avaliação Nutricional / Região do Caribe / Ciências da Nutrição / Nutrição da Gestante / Jamaica Tipo de estudo: Estudo de etiologia / Estudo observacional / Fatores de risco Limite: Feminino / Humanos / Gravidez País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 2000 Tipo de documento: Tese
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Gravidez / Avaliação Nutricional / Região do Caribe / Ciências da Nutrição / Nutrição da Gestante / Jamaica Tipo de estudo: Estudo de etiologia / Estudo observacional / Fatores de risco Limite: Feminino / Humanos / Gravidez País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 2000 Tipo de documento: Tese
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