Related of knowledge and characteristics of pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency in health public center at mauk tangerang 2015
Abstract: Globally,
approximately one in eight pregnant women worldwide are chronic of energy. The
impact of this condition can caused in pregnant women are susceptible to
disease,difficult and long labor, premature delivery and postpartum hemorrhage,
while the fetus was lowbirth weight (LBW). This research aims to determine the
relationship of knowledge andcharacteristics of pregnant women with Chronic
Energy Deficiency (CED) in the Health Public Center, Mauk, Tangerang.
Methods: This research was an analytic study by using case control
design. The population in this research were all pregnant women registered in
Primary Health care Mauk both experiencedCED and pregnant women who do not
experience CED, and samples were taken using accidentalsampling technique as
many as 624respondents, and the statistic analysis was used Chi Squaretest.
Results: The results were obtained good knowledge majority (41.9%),
revenue >Rp.2.710.000 (53.2%), secondary education (58.1%), working mothers (58.1%),
nuli/primiparous (48.4%), theage of majority respondents aged> 35 years
(50%), the level of basic education (45.2%), workoutside the home (52.4%),
multiparous (57.1%), and less knowledge level (59.5%). Chi-square test results
there is a relationship of knowledge andCEDin pregnant women (P value = 0.006),
income and CED(P 0.002), and occupation and CED (P 0.021).
Conclusions: Advice can be given that health professionals can be more
active in providing counseling or health education especially about nutrition
for pregnant women in order, can hit the high incidence of CED in pregnant
women.
Keywords: CED, education,
income, knowledge, occupation, and parity
Penulis: Romadloni Ahmad,
Moudy E.U Djami, Siti Desi Agustina
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd160276
