Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight in Al- Elwiya Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 226-230 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| BACKGROUND: Low birth weight as a public health indicator and determinant of perinatal mortality should always be monitored. Attempts to trace possible risk factors and prevalence of low birth weight should not be wasted. OBJECTIVE: Finding the prevalence of low birth weight in Al-Elwiya maternity teaching hospital in Baghdad in 2011 and 2012 and studying risk factors associated with a sample of low weight neonates born in the hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Prevalence of low birth weight in Al-Elwiya maternity teaching hospital in 2011 and 2012 was obtained through reviewing data registered in the hospital′s medical statistics unit and inpatient medical records unit, while risk factors were traced through conducting a case control comparison by collecting 100 cases and similar number of controls using direct interview questionnaire with the mothers who laboured in the hospital. RESULTS: The calculated prevalence of low birth weight in Al Elwiya hospital was slightly higher than the national figure, and the risk factors found statistically significant for low birth weight were; multiparty, anaemia, urinary tract infection, chest infection, passive smoking and level of education. While age, antepartum haemorrhage and pregnancy induced hypertension found insignificant. CONCLUSION: Prevalence of low birth weight in the hospital is slightly higher than the national figure although the latter was not published, all factors affecting birth weight were controllable. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Prevalence; risk factors; Low birth weight | ||
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