期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：1434-1439
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.142
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Pregnancy is a key step of continuity of generation. Pregnant women can have a tendency to eat non – food substance or carving about some food which does not have any nutrition value like clay, ice, paper etc. Pica happens when some pregnant women have craving or feeling of eating substance which does not have any nutritional value Pica is common over the world and it is present among children also. Eating pica is also sign of our body want adequate nutrition and also we having nutrient deficiency.1Some healthy non-pregnant women also prone to pica and eating soil, ice and children eats flakes of dried paint, stone of mud. This causes low hemoglobin level, malnutrition in children. Pregnant women are easily prone to infection transmitted from soil, mud. Soil contains some component which is metals, microbes which are harmful to pregnant lady. Excessive eating of soil also may cause diarrhea.2Pica is indeed an eating disorder characterized by the frequent consumption of non-nutritional objects. Pica also occurs in who have mental functional impairment. Pica habit in pregnant woman is considered as normal and has persistent through the years over the time is not good or normal. Pica practices play major role in maternal and fetal nutrition as whatever is ingested will undoubtedly have impacts, positive or negative on health of fetus. Theirs is no any diagnostic test for pica, if pica prolong for long period of time should take help of doctors. It may leads serious condition like poisoning, nutrient deficiency. Pica food such as stones, particles of soil, mud that cannot be digested may further cause intestines obstruction, constipation. Metal, sharp object cause food poisoning, ulcer. Pica practice also makes behavior change.9Aim of the study is determined the prevalence of Pica habit its effects and knowledge about pica among the pregnant woman who are receiving antenatal care in Pune hospitals. PICA, Potluri Venkatalakshmi Aparnaet al. Indian J Dent Res.Aim of the Study: - “An exploratory study to assess the knowledge of pica among pregnant women attending antenatal OPDs of selected hospitals of Pune City.”Material and Method: -In present study, researcher adopted Quantitative approach and Non-experimental exploratory design. It was carried out on 100 participants. The data was collected from pregnant women in antenatal OPD’s from selected hospitals of Pune City. The tool validity was done by the experts from community health nursing, medical surgical nursing and gynecology & obstetrics nursing. The non-probability convenient sampling technique was used, data was collected using questionnaire. Reliability was done by using test-retest method. Pilot study was done on 10 participants and the study was found feasible. Result: - The result of the study indicated that 9% pregnant women have poor knowledge, 73% women have average knowledge and 18% mothers have good knowledge about Pica. Majority from the population that is 66% were having self -knowledge and minimum of 48% were having knowledge from relatives regarding pica. Association of pica shows Mean is 11.63 and Standard deviation is 3.15.Conclusion: - According to the conclusion from the study majority of the population is having knowledge regarding the condition pica and statistically there is no correlation between demographic characteristics and levels of knowledge regarding pica.
关键词：Pica;Knowledge;Pregnant women;Hospital;Pune city
