Anemia ibu hamil trimester I dan II meningkatkan risiko kejadian berat bayi lahir rendah di RSUD Wangaya Denpasar
| Main Author: | Labir, I Ketut |
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| Format: | application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Public Health and Preventive Medicine Archive
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/phpma/article/view/6627 |
Daftar Isi:
- Low birth weight is one of the major contributors to infant mortality rate (IMR). One of the dominant risk factors forthe low birth weight is anemia. This study aimed to investigate the effect of anemia in pregnant women at first and secondtrimester to the incidence of low birth weight at Wangaya Hospital Denpasar. This study is a retrospective cohort design. Thetotal samples were 150 respondents; 50 pregnant women with anemia in the first trimester, 50 pregnant women with anemiain the second trimester and 50 pregnant women without anemia. Samples were taken from medical records at WangayaHospital Denpasar using simple random sampling method. Data were collected by documentation study and data analysis wasdone using logistic regression. The results showed that pregnant women with anemia in the first trimester were having a risk of10 times to give low birth weight compared to pregnant women who are not anemia [RR=10.29; 95%CI 2.21-47.90], whereaspregnant women with anemia in the second trimester were at risk 16 times greater of having a low birth weight baby comparedto pregnant women who are not anemia [RR=16; 95%CI 3.49-73.41]. There was no difference in the incidence of low birthweight among anemia first and second trimester [p=0.297]. We can conluded that anemia among pregnant women in the firstand second trimester increased the risk of low birth weight. The results of this study can be used by policy makers to planningprevention strategies to reduce the incidence of low birth weight babies including intensify the antenatal care program forpregnant women.