the impact of an android application on compliance with iron supplementations in pregnant women

Background: monitoring the adherence of pregnant women to taking iron supplements indicates controlling the appropriateness of taking a certain number of supplements. this increases the odds of effective iron absorption; a process that occurs by consuming at least 30 iron pills a month to prevent gestational anemia. this study aimed to determine the effects of monitoring pregnant women rsquo;s compliance in taking up iron supplements through an android application in jambi city, indonesia. methods: this was a quasiexperimental single group study with a pretestposttest design. the study subjects included 50 pregnant women in their third trimester referring to 3 maternity hospitals in jambi city, indonesia, in 2020. initial data were obtained through hemoglobin (hb) measurements before being given a monitoring application and subsequent hb level checks after giving the application. the obtained data were analyzed by t-test and mann-whitney u test in spss v. 16. a significance level of 5% was considered.results: the results obtained in the initial examination indicated that the minimum hb level was equal to 7.3 g/dl and the maximum level was measured as 11.2 g/dl. after the intervention, the hb level increased to a minimum of 7.6 g/dl and a maximum of 12.2 g/dl. the mannwhitney u test data suggested a significant difference in the degree of compliance of pregnant women with iron supplementation (p=0.010).conclusion: monitoring through the android application increased pregnant women rsquo;s compliance with taking iron supplements and presented a linear impact on increasing their hb level.