TÌNH TRẠNG THIẾU MÁU VÀ DỰ TRỮ SẮT Ở PHỤ NỮ 15 – 35 TUỔI TẠI HUYỆN MƯỜNG LA, TỈNH SƠN LA NĂM 2018

Abstract

Anemia is a significant public health problem, women of reproductive age living in the rural or mountainous areas are at high risk for anemia. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 395 women aged 15-35 years old in 5 communes of Muong La district, Son La province to assess anemia and iron store status. The study results showed that the prevalance of anemia was 26.3%, in which the rate of anemia in the 15-24 year old group was higher than the 25-35 year old group. The mean of Hemoglobin concentration of the 15-25 years old and 25-35 year old groups were 125.9g/l and 129.5g/l, respectively (p<0.05). There was a significant difference in the prevalance  of anemia by level between the communes, the highest in Muong Trai commune (18.9%), the lowest in Chieng Lao (2.2%) (p<0.001). The prevalance of depleted iron stores and low iron stores is 11.4% and 10.1% respectively, in which the rate of low and depleted iron stores decreases with increasing age, in the age group of 15-24 years old, it is 27.5% and 25-35 years old is 17.4% (p<0.05). The prevalance of iron deficiency anemia was 3.8%, but anemia without iron deficiency was 22.5%. In addition to iron deficiency anemia, it is necessary to identify other causes of anemia in women of reproductive age in ethnic minority and moutainous area.