Background
Iron deficiency anemia is one of the major public health problems mostly affecting
pregnant women of developing countries like Nepal. Kathmandu, the capital city of
Nepal, has considerably high prevalence of anemia, which is attributed to inadequate
dietary iron and problems of compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation.
Objective
This descriptive study aimed to identify the levels of and determinants associated
with compliance regarding Iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant
women in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Method
The study was conducted in Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital in
Kathmandu. Systematic random sampling was done to select a total of 406 samples
that were either handed questionnaire for self-administration or interviewed. The χ2
test and multiple linear regressions were used for statistical analysis.