MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT

2017-11-05

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Low Birth Weight (LBW) was a condition when a baby was born less than 2500 grams. LBW was one of the causes of neonatal death. The percentage of LBW in Yogyakarta City started from 2013 to 2015 increased from 5.2% to 6.45%. LBW was caused by multi factors. One of the factors was the maternal factor. To investigate the relationship between maternal characteristics which included maternal age, parity, spacing, disease, maternal education, and third trimester Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration with the incident of LBW. This research was an analytical survey and used cross sectional design. Purposive sampling was used as the sampling technique and the subjects of this research were 155 delivering mothers at Yogyakarta City Public Hospital in 2016. The data were collected from medical record in 2016 which had been adjusted with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were analyzed using Logistic Regression. There was a significant correlation between maternal age (p = 0,022), parity (p = 0,015), and third trimester Hb (p = 0,008) with incident of LBW. There was no statistically significant relationship between birth spacing (p = 0.328), maternal disease (p = 0.801), and maternal education (p = 0.802) with LBW incidence. The conclusion of this research was mother’s age <20 or >35, parity 1 or ≥4, and third trimester Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration <11 gr/dL was correlated with LBW. There was a significant correlation between maternal age, parity, and third trimester Hb and LBW. Hb levels in the third trimester are the factors that most influence the occurrence of LBW. Keywords: Low Birth Weight, Maternal Characteristics.