Effect of mobile control application on the compliance of ferrum tablets consumption among pregnant women

Abstract

Background and Objective: Majority of the causes of the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) was bleeding due to anemia in pregnancy. Iron supplementation programmes are one of the strategies to battle Anemia. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of mobile control application on the compliance of ferrum tablets consumption among pregnant women. Materials and Methods: A pre post intervention has been conducted to analyze the effect of mobile control application on the compliance of ferrum tablet consumption among pregnant women. 86 pregnant women at the first and second trimester were enrolled. They were given 90 tablets oral iron and instructed to consume one tablet daily. The compliance before intervention was measured as a pre test using a questionnaire. Application of iron reminder was installed on the mobile phone of the participants, their family and midwives who take care of them. The post test of compliance was conducted after 30 days of iron together the using of mobile control application. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: The results showed that majority of participants had a low compliance of ferrum tablet consumption (33.7%) and it was increased to 72.1% after the intervention. There was an effect of mobile application program on the compliance of ferrum tablet cosumption (t =-3.183, p =.002). Conclusion: The introduction of mobile control application can improve the compliance of ferrum tablet consumption among pregnant women in Kaduhejo Banten Indonesia.