Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study

Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study

Abstract Objective To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Results From the total of 368 newborn baby/mother pairs planned to be participated, 338 agreed and involved in the study giving a res...

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Main Authors: Animut Alebel, Fasil Wagnew, Cheru Tesema, Alemu Gebrie, Daniel Bekele Ketema, Getnet Asmare, Getiye Dejenu Kibret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Low birth weight
Associated factors Debre Markos
Northwest Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4143-1
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spelling doaj-bdae8a9b97dd4b808e7c80de150ee52c2020-11-25T02:38:54ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002019-02-011211610.1186/s13104-019-4143-1Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional studyAnimut Alebel0Fasil Wagnew1Cheru Tesema2Alemu Gebrie3Daniel Bekele Ketema4Getnet Asmare5Getiye Dejenu Kibret6Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Debre Markos UniversityDepartment of Nursing, College of Health Science, Debre Markos UniversityDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Debre Markos UniversityDepartment of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Debre Markos UniversityDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Debre Markos UniversityCollege of Health Science, Debre Tabor UniversityDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Debre Markos UniversityAbstract Objective To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Results From the total of 368 newborn baby/mother pairs planned to be participated, 338 agreed and involved in the study giving a response rate of 91.2%. In this study, the prevalence of low birth weight was 21.6 (95% CI 17.5, 26%). Being rural residence (AOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0, 4.1), duration of pregnancy (AOR = 7.6, 95% CI 3.3, 17.4), and having complications during pregnancy (AOR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2, 5.7) were found to be factors significantly associated with low birth weight.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4143-1Low birth weightAssociated factors Debre MarkosNorthwest Ethiopia
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author Animut Alebel
Fasil Wagnew
Cheru Tesema
Alemu Gebrie
Daniel Bekele Ketema
Getnet Asmare
Getiye Dejenu Kibret
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Fasil Wagnew
Cheru Tesema
Alemu Gebrie
Daniel Bekele Ketema
Getnet Asmare
Getiye Dejenu Kibret
Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
BMC Research Notes
Low birth weight
Associated factors Debre Markos
Northwest Ethiopia
author_facet Animut Alebel
Fasil Wagnew
Cheru Tesema
Alemu Gebrie
Daniel Bekele Ketema
Getnet Asmare
Getiye Dejenu Kibret
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title Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
title_short Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
title_full Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
title_sort factors associated with low birth weight at debre markos referral hospital, northwest ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study
publisher BMC
series BMC Research Notes
issn 1756-0500
publishDate 2019-02-01
description Abstract Objective To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Results From the total of 368 newborn baby/mother pairs planned to be participated, 338 agreed and involved in the study giving a response rate of 91.2%. In this study, the prevalence of low birth weight was 21.6 (95% CI 17.5, 26%). Being rural residence (AOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0, 4.1), duration of pregnancy (AOR = 7.6, 95% CI 3.3, 17.4), and having complications during pregnancy (AOR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2, 5.7) were found to be factors significantly associated with low birth weight.
topic Low birth weight
Associated factors Debre Markos
Northwest Ethiopia
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4143-1
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