Maternal Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight

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maternal risk factors; LBW; maternal age; parity; anemia; gestational age

Abstract

Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a condition of a baby’s birth weight of less than 2500 gr measured at one hour after the baby is born. The quality of life of future generations is greatly influenced by the incidence of LBW. LBW babies will experience obstacles in their growth and development which results in a decrease in children’s intelligence. Mothers with gravida <5 have a lower risk of giving birth to babies with low birth weight. Meanwhile, mothers who have hemoglobin levels of <11 mg/dl and aged more than 35 years are more likely to give birth to babies with low birth weight.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine maternal risk factors with the incidence of LBW.

Methods: The method used is an analytical survey method using a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study is all mothers who gave birth to LBW in the work area of the Bangetayu Health Center in Semarang City from September 2021 to September 2022. The sampling technique uses Consecutive Sampling.

Results: Maternal risk factors are the age of the mother when she is pregnant <20 years and the >35 years as many as 10 (33.3%), working mothers are 19 (63.3%), the most maternal education is high school education, which is 22 (73.3%), the gestational age of 28 (93.3%) is a term, parity >4 as much as 3 (10%), mothers who have anemia in her pregnancy as many as 11 (36.7%).

Conclusion: Maternal age, Parity, and Anemia status are maternal risk factors that can be prevented related to LBW. Other risk factors during pregnancy must also be examined in future studies to reduce the number of LBW babies.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ariyani Lutfitasari
AU  - Lia Mulyanti
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Maternal Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Lawang Sewu International Symposium 2022 on Health Sciences (LSISHS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 21
EP  - 28
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-132-6_4
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-132-6_4
ID  - Lutfitasari2023
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