Level of food consumption score and associated factors among pregnant women at SHEGAW MOTTA hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

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Abstract

Background

Several studies conducted to access the status of household food insecurity in Ethiopia show that the nutrition problem is still highly prevalent especially in pregnant women and children. This study was conducted in 2018 main harvesting season with the principal objective to assess the level of food consumption score and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal service at Shegaw Motta Hospital.

Methods

Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women attending antenatal care service at Shegaw Motta Hospital, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Primary data of 422 pregnant women were collected using interviewer administered structured questionnaire and a systematic random sampling technique was used to select study participants. The standardized World Food Program eight food groups English version questionnaire was translated to the local Amharic language and used along with the Ethiopian food composition table. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics and analyzed with SPSS software.

Results

From the total of 422 pregnant women, 1.9% (95% CI: 0.7–3.3) of the respondents food consumption score were poor, 16.6% (95% CI: 13.0–20.4) were borderline and the remaining 81.5% (95% CI: 77.5–85.1) had acceptable food consumption score. Residence, being rural or urban [AOR = 4.594;95%CI: 1.871–11.283, P = 0.001], religion status, being an Orthodox [AOR = 0.073;95% CI: 0.021–0.254, P < 0.0001], were factors associated with food consumption score.

Conclusions

Food consumption score among pregnant women seems to be highly unacceptable. Residence and religion were factors associated with food consumption score. Therefore, appropriate nutrition education should be given.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10366-y.

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Mehariw Birhan Ambaw: meharibirhan@gmail.com

Getasew Shitaye: getashitaye@gmail.com , getasew.shitaye@bdu.edu.et

Mekuanint Taddele: mekutaddele@gmail.com

Zewdie Aderaw: zewdie1984@gmail.com

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Public Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Public Health

Title: BMC Public Health

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2458

Publication date (Electronic): 6 February 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 6 February 2021

Publication date Collection: 2021

Volume: 21

Electronic Location Identifier: 311

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[1 ]GRID grid.449044.9, ISNI 0000 0004 0480 6730, Department of public health, , Debre Markos University, College of Medicine and Health Science, ; Debre Markos, Ethiopia

[2 ]GRID grid.442845.b, ISNI 0000 0004 0439 5951, Biomedical Science Department, , Bahir Dar university, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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Publisher ID: 10366

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10366-y

PMC ID: 7866766

PubMed ID: 33549067

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Date received : 10 September 2020

Date accepted : 31 January 2021

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Level of food consumption score and associated factors among pregnant women at SHEGAW MOTTA hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

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