Incidencia de anemia en gestantes que acuden al control prenatal en el centro de salud inclusivo tipo C del cantón Santa Lucia, enero a junio del 2020.

Abstract

Anemia is a Public Health problem, which can occur at any stage of pregnancy, so it can cause health problems for the mother as well as for the product. The objective was to determine the incidence of anemia in pregnant women who attend prenatal care at the type C inclusive health center in the canton of Santa Lucia. Type of descriptive-quantitative-cross-sectional study, the universe is made up of 209 pregnant women, of which 37 were diagnosed with anemia during pregnancy, the instrument was the review of medical records and the database review , the results obtained showed that there is a higher rote of mild anemia with a value of 64.86%, moderate anemia 35.14%, according to the age of the pregnant women there was a higher rate between the ages of 20-25 years with 32.40%, while that the lowest value was between the ages of 36-44 years with a result of 16.39%. It is concluded that anemia occurs more in pregnant women with low economic resources, which is why a value of 88% was obtained, while those with an average economic resource obtained a value of 22%.