Folic Acid Consumption, Knowledge And Awareness Among Women At Child Bearing Age

Abstract

Aim: This study was aimed to determine folic acid consumption, knowledge and awareness among married women at child bearing age.Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was administered to 500 women who registered and attended to two family centers for any reason, in March2015, Çorum. Data was collected by using a 30 item question naire which was asking demographic, obstetric, behavioral characteristics, folic acid consumption, knowledge and awareness of women. In analysis, percents, means, Chi-Square test was used and p

Keywords

• Folic acid,consumption,knowledge,awareness,neural tube defects

Doğurgan Yaş Grubundaki Kadınlarda Folik Asit Kullanımı, Bilgi ve Farkındalığı

Abstract

Giriş: Bu araştırma doğurgan çağdaki evli kadınların folik asit kullanım durumlarını, bilgi ve farkındalık durumlarını belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türdeki bu araştırma, 2015 Mart tarihinde Çorum il merkezindeki iki aile sağlığı merkezine herhangi bir nedenle başvuran ve kayıtlı 15-49 yaş arasındaki evli 500 kadın arasında yapıldı.Araştırmanın verileri, kadınların demografik, obstetrik, davranışsal özellikleri ile bilgi ve farkındalık düzeylerini sorgulayan 30 soruluk bir anket formu ile toplandı. Analizlerde yüzdelik, ortalama, Ki-kare testi kullanıldı. Tüm analizlerde p

Keywords

• Folik asit,kullanım,bilgi,farkındalık,nöral tüp defektleri

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