Anemia Prevalence after Iron Supplementation among Pregnant Women in Midwifes Practice of Primary Health Care Facilities in Eastern Indonesia

Table 3

Relationship between compliance, iron content, and Shine and Lal index with anemia among the study participants.

	Hb concentration		value
	<10.5 g/dL	>10.5 g/dL
Questionnaire
Q6: Forgetfulness to take the iron pills
Some time	25	38	0.147
Never	10	29
Q8: Pill intake in %
60–80%	23	53	0.141
>80%	12	14
Q9: Difficulty in taking the pills
Sometimes	10	13	0.293
Never	25	54
Q10: Stop in taking the pills when feel good
Yes	17	20	0.062
No	18	47
Fe content
∼75% (PHC 2and3)	34	61	0.247
100% (PHC1)	1	6
Shine and Lal index
≥1530	15^a	49	n.d.
<1530	20^b	18^c
Total	35	67

Note. Anemia in pregnancy was defined as Hb concentration <10.5 g/dL. n.d. not determined; PHC, primary health care. Statistically significance was set when . Descriptively presented, ^aShine and Lal index ≥1530 in anemia indicated iron deficiency anemia (IDA); ^bShine and Lal index <1530 in anemia indicated β-thalassemia carrier (β-TT); ^cShine and Lal index < 1530 in nonanemic individual required further examination to exclude β-thalassemia carrier or other hemoglobinopathies.