Low birth weight and its determinants in a teaching hospital of Karnataka, India

Sumana, M; Sreelatha, C Y; Girija, B; Sundar, M; Gowda, Darshan

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160484

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“…This is consistent with the findings of Kaur et al [ 16 ] and Prudhivi et al [ 17 ], who noted a significant association of LBW with parity. On the contrary, the present study results were contradictory to the findings of Sumana et al [ 19 ] who found no association of LBW with parity.…”

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“…Birth spacing of fewer than 18 months is significantly associated with LBW. This is consistent with the findings of Kaur et al [ 16 ] and Sumana et al [ 19 ]. However, the results of the study by Raghunath et al [ 18 ] did not find a relationship between LBW and birth spacing.…”

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“…Mother’s height of fewer than 145 cm significantly correlated with LBW. This is consistent with the study findings of Sumana et al [ 19 ], Prudhivi et al [ 17 ], and Agarwal et al [ 15 ]. However, the findings of Soujanya et al [ 21 ] found no such relationship.…”

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“…In the present study, a higher percentage of LBW babies were born to illiterate mothers, followed by those who were educated up to primary school and high school. Similar findings were noted in studies by Kaur et al [ 16 ], Raghunath et al [ 18 ], Sumana et al [ 19 ], and Prudhivi et al [ 17 ]. However, Reddy et al [ 22 ], in their study, found no such relationship.…”

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“…This is consistent with the study findings of Negi et al [ 31 ] and Bendhari et al [ 24 ]. However, a study reported by Sumana et al [ 19 ] found a significant association between bad obstetric history and LBW.…”

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The Prevalence of Low Birth Weight Among Newborn Babies and Its Associated Maternal Risk Factors: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Devaguru¹,

Gada²,

Potpalle³

et al. 2023

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Background Low birth weight (LBW) is at the forefront of 100 core health issues that are used as indicators to assess the global nutrition monitoring framework as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Several factors could contribute to LBW, which essentially include intrauterine growth retardation and premature delivery/birth. Moreover, LBW predisposes neonates to several developmental disturbances including both physical and mental disorders. Given that LBW is more common in poor and developing countries, there is not much reliable data that could be used to formulate strategies for controlling this problem. This study, therefore, attempts to assess the prevalence of LBW among newborn babies and its associated maternal risk factors. Methods This hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out between June 2016 and May 2017 (one year) and included 327 LBW babies. A predefined and prevalidated questionnaire was used to obtain data for the study. The data collected included age, religion, parity, birth spacing, pre-pregnancy weight, weight gain during pregnancy, height, mother’s education, occupation, family income, socioeconomic status, obstetric history, previous history of stillbirths and abortions, and history of any LBW baby. Results The prevalence of LBW was noted to be 36.33%. The occurrence of LBW babies was predominant among mothers who were aged <19 years (62.26%) and >35 years (57.14%). Grand multipara women showed the highest rates (53.70%) of LBW babies. Additionally, LBW was predominantly noticed among newborns (46.66%) with a birth spacing of <18 months, those born to mothers with pre-pregnancy weight of <40 Kg (94.04%), mothers with a height of <145 cm (83.46%), mothers who gained <7 kg during the pregnancy (82.20%), illiterate mothers (43.75%), and mothers who were agricultural workers (63.76%). Other maternal factors that could predispose to LBW included lower monthly income (66.25%), low socioeconomic status (52.90%), less number of antenatal visits (59.65%), low blood hemoglobin (100%), history of strenuous physical activities (48.66%), smoking and/or tobacco chewing habit (91.42%), alcoholism (66.66%), lack of iron and folic acid supplementation during pregnancy (64.58%), history of stillbirths (51.51%), and mothers suffering from chronic hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia (47.61%), and tuberculosis (75%). Religion-wise, Muslim mothers revealed the highest prevalence (48.57%) of LBW, followed by Hindus (37.71%) and Christians (20%). The mother’s age, pre-pregnancy weight, weight gain during pregnancy, height of the mother, hemoglobin concentration, weight of the baby, and length of the newborn (p≤0.05) could influence the health of the newborn. However, maternal infections, previous bad obstetrics history, presence of systemic illnesses, and protein and calorie supplementation (p≥0.05) had no significant impact on birth weight. Conclusions The results showed that multiple factors are respo...

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