Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight (LBW) among Infants at dr.R. Soedjono General Hospital East Lombok
| Main Authors: | ., Yuliani, Eka Putra, I.W.G. Artawan, Trisna Windiani, I.G.A. |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Program Magister Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Udayana
, 2015
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http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/phpma/article/view/19693 http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/phpma/article/view/19693/13078 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background and purpose: The infant mortality rate related to low birth weight (LBW) in the East Lombok districtincreased from 18.0% in 2012 to 26.1% in 2013. This study aimed to identify the risk factors of LBW among infants indr.R.Soedjono General Hospital, East Lombok.Methods: A case-control study was conducted in dr.R.Soedjono General Hospital involving 59 LBW and 118 normalweight infants as controls (1:2) which were selected by systematic random sampling. Secondary data regarding chronicenergy deficiency and anemia were collected using medical records and delivery register. Data on maternalcharacteristics, birth spacing, access to antenatal care, socioeconomic status, cigarette smoke exposure, wood smokeexposure and mosquito repellent exposure were collected through interviews. Data were analyzed using bivariate todetermine crude OR and multivariate to calculate adjusted OR.Results: Characteristics of cases and controls was similar in terms of education, employment and maternal parity, butsignificantly different in age. Multivariate analysis showed that variables significantly associated with LBW were incomewith OR=2.3 (95%CI: 1.06-4.9), cigarette smoke exposure with OR=2.9 (95%CI: 1.31- 6.33), chronic energy deficiencywith OR=3.1 (95%CI: 1.24-7.59) and maternal ages <20 years or >35 years with OR=3.2 (95%CI: 1.46-6.90). Wood smokeexposure and anemia were not significantly associated with LBW with OR=1.2 (95%CI: 0.44-2.88) and OR=1.1 (95%CI:0.82-1.27).Conclusion: Risk factors associated with LBW among infants were low income, cigarette smoke exposure, chronicenergy deficiency and mother’s age <20 years or >35 years.