HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU DAN KEPATUHAN KONSUMSI TABLET FE DENGAN KEJADIAN ANEMIA IBU HAMIL DI PUSKESMAS PERBAUNGAN KABUPATEN SERDANG BEDAGAI

According to the research findings, the largest age group was 27–34 years, comprising 19 participants (57.6%); the highest proportion was in the ‘low knowledge’ category, at 18 (55%); the highest rate of iron tablet adherence was in the ‘low’ category, at 14 (43%); and a significant number of pregnant women were anaemic, namely 20 (61%). Based on the results of statistical tests using the Chi square correlation test, it was found that there is a significant association between mothers’ knowledge and the incidence of anaemia in pregnant women, with a p value of 0.000 (p-value < 0.05), and between adherence to iron tablet intake and the incidence of anaemia in pregnant women, with a p-value of 0.020 (p-value < 0.05)