Factors Associated with Malnutrition in Pregnancy: A Principal Component Analysis

Dian Isti Angraini, Reni Zuraida

2023

Abstract

Malnutrition during pregnancy in Indonesia is quite high, and has the impact of increasing complications during pregnancy and childbirth as well as in babies who are born. This research aims to analyze factors associated with malnutrition in pregnancy using principal component analysis. This study is an observational analytic using a case-control design. The research started from September to December 2021. The samples for this study were 190 pregnant women in Bandar Lampung City and were taken using a multistage random sampling technique that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The independent variables are nutrition intake (energy, protein, carbohydrates, fat, iron), anemia, iron status, protein status, weight gain during pregnancy, age, education, knowledge, occupation, income, parity, food taboo, and BMI before pregnant, and the dependent variable is malnutrition during pregnancy. Nutrition intake data was assessed based on the SQFFQ questionnaire. Data on anemia, iron status, and protein status were assessed based on blood tests. Prepregnancy BMI and weight gain data were measured using anthropometry. Other data with questionnaires. Data were analyzed using principal component analysis. The results of the study showed that based on principal component analysis, 3 categories of factors were found that played a role in the incidence of malnutrition in pregnancy, that were factor 1 (energy intake, protein intake, carbohydrate intake, fat and iron intake) which was named nutrition intake; factor 2 (BMI before pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy) was named prepregnancy nutritional status and weight gain; and factor 3 (iron status, parity, and food taboo) was named iron reserves and cultural factors.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Angraini D. and Zuraida R. (2023). Factors Associated with Malnutrition in Pregnancy: A Principal Component Analysis. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Medical Science and Health - Volume 1: ICOMESH; ISBN 978-989-758-740-5, SciTePress, pages 195-202. DOI: 10.5220/0013668000003873

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icomesh23,
author={Dian Isti Angraini and Reni Zuraida},
title={Factors Associated with Malnutrition in Pregnancy: A Principal Component Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Medical Science and Health - Volume 1: ICOMESH},
year={2023},
pages={195-202},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013668000003873},
isbn={978-989-758-740-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Medical Science and Health - Volume 1: ICOMESH
TI - Factors Associated with Malnutrition in Pregnancy: A Principal Component Analysis
SN - 978-989-758-740-5
AU - Angraini D.
AU - Zuraida R.
PY - 2023
SP - 195
EP - 202
DO - 10.5220/0013668000003873
PB - SciTePress