NERS Jurnal Keperawatan
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2011): NJK Volume 7, Number 2

Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Berat Badan Lahir Rendah: Factors Associated with the Incidence of Low Birth Weight

Reflita Reflita (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Padang)
Hasni Mastian (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Dec 2011

Abstract

Data birth in January-November 2009 the hospital Dr .M.Jamil Padang as many as 699 babies who had low birth weight cases as many as 289 (41.34%).The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the incidence of LBW in dr.M Djamil hospital Padang. This research is Analytical Descriptive cross-sectional design. Its sampel werw 237 people data. Data used in this research was secondary data, then the data were analyzed using chi-square and logistic regression. (66.7%) mothers have the gestational age prematurely, there were a significant associations between regular antenatal care, maternal age and the number of maternal with the incidence of low birth weight. There was no significant relationship between having a disease and maternal gestational age with the incidence of low birth weight. The most dominant factors affecting LBW were maternal age.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

NJK

Publisher

Subject

Nursing

Description

NERS: Jurnal Keperawatan focuses its article in the field of nursing, which is the branch of health sciences. The scope of this journal articles are: Medical and Surgical Emergency Pediatric Maternity Psychiatric Family and Community ...