Research Article
Anemia Prevalence after Iron Supplementation among Pregnant Women in Midwifes Practice of Primary Health Care Facilities in Eastern Indonesia
Table 2
Respondents’ compliance with iron supplementation.
| Questions | n | % |
| (1) How many iron pills have been given in your first visit? | | | (a) >30 tablet | 102 | 100 | (b) <30 tablet | — | — | (2) How often do you take iron pills? | | | (a) Daily | 102 | 100 | (b) Weekly | — | — | (3) When do you take the iron pills? | | | (a) In the evening | 95 | 93.1 | (b) In the morning | 7 | 6.9 | (4) What do you drink together with the iron pills? | | | (a) Mineral water | 102 | 100 | (b) Coffee/milk/tea | — | — | (5) Where do you store the iron pills at home? | | | (a) In the storage place | 101 | 99 | (b) Somewhere in the desk | 1 | 1 | (6) Do you sometimes forget to take the iron pills? | | | (a) Yes, sometimes | 63 | 61.8 | (b) Never | 39 | 38.2 | (7) What is the reason of not taking the iron pills? | | | (a) Forgotten | 66 | 64.7 | (b) Others, e.g., nausea (n = 1), dizzy (n = 1), don’t like it (n = 1), no reason (n = 33) | 36 | 35.3 | (8) How many iron pills left in this month? | | | (a) ≥6 pills | 76 | 74.5 | (b) <6 pills | 26 | 25.5 | (9) How often you have difficulty of taking the iron pills? | | | (a) Sometimes | 23 | 22.5 | (b) Never | 79 | 77.5 | (10) When you feel good, do you stop taking the iron pills? | | | (a) Yes | 37 | 36.3 | (b) No | 65 | 63.7 |
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