ArticlePloS one2025
Anemia prevalence and severity among pregnant refugee women settled in the West Nile region, Uganda.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Nurse-Led Antenatal Care in Conflict-Affected Yemen: A Prospective Cohort Study with Difference-in-Differences Analysis.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAnemia during pregnancy is a significant global public health issue, associated with adverse outcomes for both the mother and the newborn. While the prevalence and impact of anemia in pregnancy have been well-documented in general populations, the burden and severity of anemia among pregnant refugee women particularly those residing in the West Nile region of Uganda, remain unknown. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of anemia in this specific population to address this critical knowledge gap.
methodsBetween 1st April and 30th June 2023, we conducted a cross-sectional study among pregnant women attending the antenatal care clinic at 3 health centers serving the refugee communities in Adjumani district, Uganda. Anemia in pregnancy was defined as a hemoglobin (Hb) level of < 11.0 g/dl and microcytosis as a mean corpuscular volume of < 76 fL. Multivariable logistic regression was done to assess for the independent predictors of anemia in pregnancy. Data were analyzed in Stata version 15.0.
resultsWe enrolled 304 participants. The mean age of the participants was 25.4 years with a standard deviation of 4.9 years. The prevalence of anemia was 52.6% (95% CI 46.9-58.4). Of these, 85 (28.0%) were classified as mild, 73 (24.1%) moderate, and 2 (0.7%) had severe anemia. The median Hb was 10.8g/dL (10.1-11.7). Forty-one (25.6%) of those with anemia had microcytosis. Having at least a secondary/tertiary education level (aOR: 1.51, 95%CI: 0.98-1.78, p < 0.001), being single (aOR: 1.77, 95%CI: 1.53-1.93, p < 0.001) and parity >4 (aOR: 1.51, 95%CI: 0.98-1.78, p < 0.001) were associated with higher odds of having anemia.
conclusionsAnemia in pregnancy is prevalent among pregnant refugee women in the West Nile Region of Uganda. Our findings suggest the need for targeted interventions such as health education about the consequences of anemia, promotion of early antenatal care (ANC) attendance, and provision of iron and folate supplementation during pregnancy, to potentially reduce the burden of anemia in this vulnerable population.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.