Table 4.
Compliance with IFA supplementation among pregnant women attending antenatal care in health facilities of Wuchale Woreda, Oromia Region, 2021.
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| How many tablets did you collect per visit | ||
| 1–30 | 92 | 30.5 |
| 31–60 | 19 | 6.3 |
| 61–90 | 33 | 10.9 |
| > 90 | 144 | 47.7 |
| I don’t know | 14 | 4.6 |
| How did you take your supplement | ||
| One daily | 288 | 95.7 |
| Others* | 14 | 4.3 |
| Know side effect of iron | ||
| Yes | 278 | 92.1 |
| No | 24 | 7.9 |
| Side effect of iron/folate (n = 278) | ||
| Vomiting | 118 | 42.4 |
| Heart burn | 132 | 47.5 |
| Constipation | 18 | 6.5 |
| Others** | 10 | 3.6 |
| For how long did you take the supplement? | ||
| One month | 46 | 15.2 |
| Two months | 23 | 7.6 |
| Three months | 53 | 17.5 |
| Four months | 17 | 5.6 |
| More than four months | 146 | 48.3 |
| I don’t know | 17 | 5.6 |
Others*: weekly, when I think I am sick, I don’t know.
Others**: abdominal cramp, diarrhea.