Original Research Article Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics at the Kalaban-Coro Reference Health Centre in 2022

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the socio-economic and cultural factors associated with underweight in pregnant women in the Kalaban-coro Health Centre. Method and material: This was a cross-sectional analytical study carried out at the Kalaban-coro Reference Health Centre between 03 October and 02 November 2022, involving 280 pregnant women aged between 15 and 49 years. Data were collected by means of a paper questionnaire, then entered on an ODK form and analysed using SPSS 20. We performed a bivariate and multivariate analysis using logistic regression with underweight as the dependent variable and several socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the pregnant women. Statistical tests were used with a significance level of 5%. Results: The study enrolled 280 pregnant women with an average age of 26.08 years, and the most common age group was 20 to 25 years (33.9%). The women surveyed had had an average of 3.11 pregnancies, with 2.02 live births and 0.31 deaths of children aged 0-5 years, and the number of live children was 1.76, almost 2 children. Most of the women surveyed (47.86%) were in their 2nd trimester, and 28.2% were first-time mothers. The Bambara ethnic group predominated, with 32.1%. Among our respondents, 39.6% had not attended school. Almost all of these women (92.50%) reported an average standard of living and a monthly income of between ≥50,000 and < 150,000. Only 7.9% of pregnant women were physically active. In terms of dietary diversity, 73.2% had eaten fewer than five food groups the day before the survey, so dietary diversity was low. The average weight of the respondents was 67.33 kg, with an average height of 164.48 cm, an average DB of 258.73 mm and an average BMI of 24.88. Estimated using the BMI <18.5 threshold, the prevalence of underweight was 4.3%. There was also a Spearman correlation between nutritional status and level of education (P = 0.021). Regression showed a positive correlation between overall underweight .......