Table 3.
Folic acid usage and associated factors for NTD prevention among women attending ANC in Adama Hospital Medical College 2014
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescribed for folic acid supplement for current pregnancy (N = 417) | Yes | 229 | 54.9 |
| No | 188 | 45.1 | |
| Do you take as recommended(N = 229) | yes I took as recommended | 177 | 77.3 |
| sometimes I forgot | 25 | 10.9 | |
| Interrupted | 15 | 6.6 | |
| I never took FA | 12 | 5.2 | |
| When do you start to take folic acid (N = 229) | before I become pregnant | 8 | 3.5 |
| first trimester | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Second trimester | 118 | 51.1 | |
| Third trimester | 77 | 33.9 | |
| Total month of folic acid intake(N = 217) | Less than 1 month | 15 | 6.9 |
| 1–3 month | 181 | 83.9 | |
| 4–6 month | 16 | 6.9 | |
| 7 month and above | 5 | 2.3 | |
| Level of folic acid awareness | Uninformed | 328 | 78.7 |
| Somewhat informed | 39 | 9.4 | |
| Informed | 50 | 12 | |
| Total user of folic acid | Yes | 202 | 48.7 |
| No | 214 | 51.3 | |
| Folic acid user for NTD prevention | Yes | 8 | 1.9 |
| No | 409 | 98.1 |