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Factors Associated With Anaemia Among Pregnant Women In Rwanda: An Analysis Of The Rwanda Demographic And Health Survey Of 2020, Lilian Nuwabaine, Joseph Kawuki, Livingstone Kamoga, Quraish Sserwanja, Ghislaine Gatasi, Linet M Mutisya, John Baptist Asiimwe
Factors Associated With Anaemia Among Pregnant Women In Rwanda: An Analysis Of The Rwanda Demographic And Health Survey Of 2020, Lilian Nuwabaine, Joseph Kawuki, Livingstone Kamoga, Quraish Sserwanja, Ghislaine Gatasi, Linet M Mutisya, John Baptist Asiimwe
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is associated with several adverse outcomes for mothers and newborns, as well as their families. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among pregnant women in Rwanda.
Methods: Secondary data from the 2020 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) was used. Multistage stratified sampling was used to select 435 pregnant women included in the study. Anaemia among pregnant women was defined as a haemoglobin value/dL. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the associated factors with anaemia in pregnancy, using SPSS (version 26).
Results: Of the 435 pregnant …