Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Source
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Consumption of diversified food during pregnancy found very important and critical to determine healthy pregnancy outcome.
Low dietary diversity has a major adverse effect on mothers, fetus, and life of new born.
Dietary diversity is still low in low-resourced countries.
Therefore, this study aims to determine prevalence of minimum dietary diversity score (MDDS) and associated factors among pregnant women.
Methods.
Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May, 2017, in Alamata General Hospital (AGH).
Data were collected using a pretested and structured self-interview questionnaire.
A systematic sampling technique was used to select study participants.
Binary logistic regression and odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI) were carried out to see the association between variables and the outcomes.
Results.
From a survey of 412 participants, 61.2% had high MDDS and 38.8% had low MDDS.
Multivariate analysis revealed that being government employees (AOR = 4.87, CI: 1.70–13.95), merchant (AOR = 4.67, CI: 1.81–12.05), secured food (AOR = 3.85, CI: 2.12–6.97), and eating three meals and above (AOR = 2.66, CI: 1.47–4.82) were significantly associated with high MDDS among pregnant women.
Conclusions.
In our study, minimum dietary diversity shows small increment from previous study.
Screening and special emphases should be given by a health-care provider on women diet during antenatal follow-up at health-care settings.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jemal, Kemal& Awol, Mukemil. 2019. Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183663
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jemal, Kemal& Awol, Mukemil. Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183663
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jemal, Kemal& Awol, Mukemil. Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183663
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1183663