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A Study To Assess The Maternal Factors Leading To Low Birth Weight Babies In Selected Hospitals Of Pune-India | ||
| kufa Journal for Nursing sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-13 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shaila Mathew; Kafia Hashim Karim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The birth weight of an infant is the single most important determinate of its chances of the survival, health growth and development. Objectives: Assessment of maternal factors leading to low birth weight babies and Associate it with some demographic variable of the babies. Methods: Non-experimental exploratory survey research was conducted from Jun 20th to Dec 31st 2011 in India. A Non-probability convenient sample consists of 100 postnatal mothers who delivered low birth weight babies were selected from Pune Hospitals. The tool used for data collection is a structured questionnaire consisted from two sections: 1- Maternal factors and 2- Demographic variables. Content validity of the tools determined by a panel of experts. Reliability was determined by rational equivalence test. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results: The results of current study reveals that there were high significant association between medicines taken during pregnancy with gestational age, a significant association between maternal factors like weight gain during pregnancy with gestational age, a significant association between maternal factors like iron and folic acid during pregnancy with gestational age. There is no significant association among other factors. Conclusion: Researcher concluded that maternal factors (Personal, Biological, Nutritional, History of disease, Psychological and Social factors) can affect the weight of the babies. Recommendations: Further studies need to be conducted among antenatal and postnatal women. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| mothers; babies; maternal factors; and low birth weight | ||
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