{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,10]],"date-time":"2024-12-10T05:06:52Z","timestamp":1733807212439,"version":"3.30.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Pakistan","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Folic acid deficiency is one of the most common deficiencies among women of childbearing age. It can lead to neural tube defects, a significant cause of disability and mortality among infants. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine a folic acid deficiency in women of childbearing age in Ayub Teaching Institute, Abbottabad Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Ayub Teaching Institute, Abbottabad from\u00a0 January 2020 to June\u00a0 2020. In this study, a total of 193 women of childbearing age were included through consecutive sampling. Results:\u00a0 In this study 193 women of childbearing age were included. Mean age was 30\u00b14.87 years. Out of 193 patients, 56.7% were found to be anemic and 38.9%were found to have folic acid deficiency. Conclusion:\u00a0 Our study concludes that the majority of women of child bearing age are anemic in our set up. Moreover, the frequency of folic acid deficiency is 38.9 % which is high. \u00a0<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.55519\/jamc-03-10649","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,30]],"date-time":"2022-07-30T18:14:40Z","timestamp":1659204880000},"page":"515-518","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["FREQUENCY OF FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY IN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE PRESENTING AT AYUB TEACHING HOSPITAL, ABBOTTABAD"],"prefix":"10.55519","volume":"34","author":[{"family":"Saqib Malik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Zainab Syed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Farhat Naz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Najma","family":"Rehman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Sadia Rehman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Talha Durrani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"34325","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,21]]},"container-title":["Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk\/jamc\/index.php\/jamc\/article\/download\/10649\/3335","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk\/jamc\/index.php\/jamc\/article\/download\/10649\/3335","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,9]],"date-time":"2024-12-09T08:00:57Z","timestamp":1733731257000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk\/jamc\/index.php\/jamc\/article\/view\/10649"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,21]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,21]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55519\/jamc-03-10649","relation":{},"ISSN":["1819-2718","1025-9589"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1819-2718"},{"type":"print","value":"1025-9589"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,21]]}}}