Gema Kesehatan
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022): Desember 2022

FACTORS AFFECTING NEWBORN WEIGHT

Eka Rati Astuti (Poltekkes Kemenkees Gorontalo)
Harlen Yunita (Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2022

Abstract

The nutritional status and health of the baby can be described, one of which is the weight at birth. In addition, the incidence that occurs in infants during gestation and its association with various factors, including parity, maternal age, hemoglobin level, gestational interval, pregnancy examination, upper arm circumference, socioeconomic environment, and disease during pregnancy. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect newborn weight in Kedurang District, South Bengkulu Regency, in 2020. This study used an analytical observational method with a retrospective cohort study design. The population used is 57 people, namely pregnant women with data on hemoglobin levels in the third trimester and delivery data in Kedurang District. All population members are used as research subjects (total sampling). Data analysis used chi-square and linear regression. There were 57 respondents; 80.7% were of no-risk age, 45.6% had low education, 56.2% were multigravida, and 54.8% had anemia. As many as 28.1% of infants born with low birth weight have the most significant risk factors anemia (54.8%), primigravida (40.5%), primary education (28.6%), and age at risk (19.1% ). The results showed an influence between the mother's age and the newborn's weight (p=0.001) with an OR value of 1.1. In addition, there is an effect between education and newborn weight (p = 0.009) with an OR value of 13. There is also an effect between parity and newborn weight (p = 0.003) with an OR value of 11.4. In addition, there was an effect between the mother's Hb value and the newborn's weight (p=0.004), with an OR value of 10.6. Based on the OR value, sequentially, the factors that affect the newborn's weight are education, parity, Hb value, and maternal age. Keywords: Anemia, Low birth weight babies, Hb level, Parity, Mother's age

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gk

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Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Gema kesehatan is published by Poltekkes Kemenkes Jayapura twice a year. p-ISSN 2088-5083/e-ISSN 2654-8100. Kemdikbudristek has accredited the Gema Kesehatan journal to rank four from 2019 to 2023 based on the decree:164/E/KPT/2021. We believe that open-source knowledge is able to produce something ...