Exploring Dietary Supplement Intake During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Pregnant Women In Rangpur City

Abstract

Adequate nutrition during pregnancy is required to fulfil the growing demands of both maternal physiological alterations and fatal development. The current study sought to examine the types of dietary supplements consumed by pregnant women over the course of three trimesters by socio-demographic characteristics. The study was conducted across Rangpur, Bangladesh. This study's sample size is approximately 400 individuals. An interviewer administered a standardized questionnaire to collect data, and the findings were evaluated. Social support, as well as other socio-demographic and obstetric data, were gathered. Trimester-specific dietary supplement (DS) consumption and related characteristics were investigated; each patient consented to participate in the study. According to the statistics, all of the chosen women used supplements while pregnant. The most frequently used single nutrients were folic acid (17.6%), vitamin B (17.4%) Zinc (30.8%), calcium (72.5%), iron (72.9%), vitamin c (47.1%) multivitamin (31.1%). Throughout the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy, supplement intake fluctuated. In the third trimester, there was a larger use of calcium (14.1%), iron (39.8%) p-value