A Study of Maternal Anemia and its association between APGAR score of Newborns with Anemic and non-anemic mothers at a Medical College Hospital
Preethi R M1, Karthik S1, Chetan S Tandel1, Kumar G V2*
1Post Graduate student, 2Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education Tumakuru, Karnataka - 572107
Year : 2021 | Volume : 4 | Issue : 1 | Page : 23 | DOI -10.46319/RJMAHS.2021.v04i01.005
ABSTRACT
Background: Maternal anaemia a major risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. This increases the risk of low birth weight and preterm delivery. Hence such newborns may have low APGAR score at both 1 minute and 5 minutes of life.
Aim: To find out association between maternal haemoglobin levels and APGAR score.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed comparing the impact of maternal anemia on APGAR score of the newborn with that of non-anemic mothers for a period of one year. Sample size was 200, divided into two groups of 100 subjects each. Group-1 included 100 anemic pregnant women and Group-2 included 100 non-anemic pregnant women. Hemoglobin was estimated on automated hematology analyzer and APGAR score was calculated by a single person to avoid subjective variability at one and five minutes of life. A baby who scored 7 or above was considered in good health and a score of less than 7 was considered low. Statistical analysis was done using software Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16. Data was compared using t-test at a confidence level of 95%.
Results: The number of anemic mothers who showed a lower APGAR score of their neonates , were more at both one minute (32%) and five minutes (24%) as compared to the non anemic group (08% and 06% respectively), with a statistically significant difference of these two variables between the two groups.
Conclusion: There is linear association between maternal anemia and a greater probability of having lower APGAR score in a neonate at both one and five minutes of life.
Key words : Maternal anemia, APGAR, Neonate.
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