Abstract
BACKGROUND: A high incidence of anemia, particularly severe anemia, among pregnant women has been a major cause of maternal mortality worldwide. Multi-micronutrient supplement (MMS) has been beneficial for health outcomes. AIM: The study was aimed to examine the effect of MMS compared to iron-folic acid supplement (IFA) on hemoglobin (Hb) levels among pregnant women. METHODS: The study was a quasi-experiment with a three-group pre-post-test design, namely, IFA group, MMS group, and MMS + IFA group. A total of 120 participants enrolled were divided equally in each group. The statistical analysis performed was paired t-test and one-way ANOVA using SPSS. RESULTS: The study result shows that there was a significant difference in the Hb levels of pregnant women after the intervention in all groups (p < 0.001). The highest increase in Hb levels was in the IFA + MMS combining group by 1.1 g/dL of Hb followed by MMS and IFA (0.8 ± 0.37 and 0.4 ± 0.31, respectively). CONCLUSION: The combination of Fe and MMS groups could increase Hb levels compared to IFA. Thus, replacing IFA with MMS is reasonably in preventing anemia among pregnant women.
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