Survey predictive factors of neonatal low birth weight in mothers referring to ‎hospitals in Rasht

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  • adlshoar, maryam
  • kazemnejad, anooshirvan
  • pakseresht, sedigheh
Abstract:

Introduction: Nowadays birth of low weight infants is considered one of the most important &lrm;problems of global health and causes &lrm;&rlm;65%&rlm;&lrm; of mortality cases in infants.&lrm;&rlm; &rlm;So it seems necessary &lrm;for nurses to identify factors predicting low birth weight infants. In attention to research &lrm;results which indicates the importance of maternal factors in giving birth to low weight &lrm;infants, the present investigation with the aim of identifying maternal factors predicting low &lrm;birth weight in mothers referred to hospitals of Rasht has been performed.&lrm; Objective: This study was conducted to assess the maternal factors predicting low birth &lrm;weight infants in hospitals of Rasht.&lrm; &nbsp;Methods:The present investigation is a cross sectional &ndash; descriptive study, that was conducted &lrm;on &lrm;&rlm;2500&rlm;&lrm; infants in hospitals of Rasht who had the characteristics of investigational unit ( the &lrm;infants are grouped in two groups: infants with natural weight and infants with weight of &lrm;&rlm;2500&rlm;&lrm; gram or less).In this investigation ,a two-section questionnaire was used for gathering &lrm;data including information related to infant demographic data and maternal &lrm;factors(demographic, economical, social and medical factors) that have an effect on infant&rsquo;s &lrm;birth weight. The data gathering method was structured interview and observation of infant&rsquo;s &lrm;records.Statistical analysis has been conducted to identify the difference between &lrm;characteristics of maternal factors with weight of &lrm;&rlm;2500&rlm;&lrm; g or less and those with natural weight. &lrm; Results: Finding showed a significant relationship between &ldquo;maternal demographic, &lrm;economical-social and medical factors&rdquo;and low birth weight (p<&lrm;&rlm;0/05&rlm;&lrm;). &lrm; Conclusion: Finally, findings emphasize the issue that there is a significant relationship &lrm;between Maternal factors and low birth weight (p<&lrm;&rlm;0/05&rlm;&lrm;). &lrm;

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volume 15  issue 2

pages  33- 38

publication date 2005-10

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