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Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Year: 2018 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 578-585
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Siti Nur` Hidayah Adznam

Razalee Sedek

Razalee Sedek

Zalifah Mohd Kasim

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Levels Regarding Anaemia Among Pregnant Women in Putrajaya, Malaysia

Siti Nur` Hidayah Adznam, Razalee Sedek Razalee Sedek's LiveDNA and Zalifah Mohd Kasim
Objective: This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice levels regarding anaemia among pregnant women in Putrajaya. This study was also conducted to identify the associations between knowledge, attitude and practice and socio-demographic and antenatal characteristics. Methodology: A total of 370 pregnant women participated in this study. Socio-demographic information and antenatal characteristics and knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to anaemia were collected using questionnaires. The Sysmex Haematology Analyser was used to measure the Full Blood Count (FBC). Results: The mean age and haemoglobin level of respondents were 30.2±4.2 years of age and 12.1±4.8 g dL–1, respectively. The median for the total knowledge score was 84.2 and the mean score for attitude and practice were 72.4±6.7 and 69.9±13.1, respectively. The subjects’ knowledge score was higher among the group of second trimester (p<0.05), the number of children three or more (p<0.01) and a pregnancy distance of one to two years (p<0.001). The attitude score was higher among the working subjects (p<0.05) but there was no significant difference in practice scores according to sociodemographic and antenatal characteristics (p>0.05). Knowledge had a moderate and significant relationship with attitude (r = 0.317, p<0.01) but no significant relationship with practice. Meanwhile, attitude had a significant positive and moderate relationship with practice (r = 0.330, p<0.01). Conclusion: Positive attitude regarding anaemia influences the high level of knowledge and good practice concerning this condition. Increasing the level of awareness of anaemia among pregnant women is seen as an important step in improving knowledge, attitude and practice levels regarding anaemia.
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Norzila Reply

I'm a student midwife now I'm doing on my research about knowledge anemia in pregnant mother.

And i want to ask for a permission for a questionnaire for my research. I hope have a feedback from your side. I will not let involved by the third parties. thank you.

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Dear Norzila,

Thank you for your interest in our research article on the assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice levels regarding anaemia among pregnant women. We appreciate your effort in conducting your own research on this important topic.

Regarding your request for permission to use a questionnaire for your research, we would like to inform you that as an open-access journal, our published articles are freely available for reference and citation. However, please note that the use of questionnaires or any other data collection tools from our published articles may require proper citation and compliance with ethical guidelines and regulations, including obtaining necessary permissions from relevant parties.

We wish you the best of luck with your research, and if you have any further questions or need additional information, please feel free to reach out to us.

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