Management of Anemia in Pregnant Women with Non-Pharmacological Methods: Literature Review

Abstract

Pregnancy is a physiological process in a woman. A pregnant woman will
experience changes in her body system during pregnancy. Pregnant women will be
susceptible to anemia due to several things such as hemodilution and lack of iron
intake. Anemia is included in a global problem which in Indonesia itself has a
relatively high incidence rate, namely 48.9% in 2018, so an effective strategy is
needed to overcome this problem. The aim of this research is to determine the non-
pharmacological management of anemia in pregnancy. The method used was a
literature review of 10 research articles contained in computerized databases
(Google Scholar and Wiley) in the last 5 years using the keywords anemia, anemia
management, non-pharmacology and pregnancy. As a result, non-pharmacological
treatment of pregnancy with anemia can be done by consuming tomato herbal tea,
chayote, mung bean juice, vegetable juice combined with various other ingredients
such as spinach-lime-honey juice, dates, tempeh, and jackfruit seed milk, because
the high vitamin C and iron contained in it make it a good source of nutrients to
increase hemoglobin production and maintain body health. The conclusion is,
vitamin C and iron are an ideal combination of compounds to overcome anemia in
pregnant women, because iron helps the production of hemoglobin and vitamin C
increase iron absorption, thereby helping to overcome and prevent anemia and
improve the health of the mother and fetus