TY - JOUR ID - TI - Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight in Al- Elwiya Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad AU - PY - 2020 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 226 EP - 230 JO - Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal المجلة العراقية للاختصاصات الطبية SN - 83601608 98932708 AB - BACKGROUND:Low birth weight as a public health indicator and determinant of perinatal mortality should alwaysbe monitored. Attempts to trace possible risk factors and prevalence of low birth weight should notbe wasted.OBJECTIVE:Finding the prevalence of low birth weight in Al-Elwiya maternity teaching hospital in Baghdad in2011 and 2012 and studying risk factors associated with a sample of low weight neonates born inthe hospital.PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prevalence of low birth weight in Al-Elwiya maternity teaching hospital in 2011 and 2012 wasobtained through reviewing data registered in the hospital′s medical statistics unit and inpatientmedical records unit, while risk factors were traced through conducting a case control comparisonby collecting 100 cases and similar number of controls using direct interview questionnaire withthe mothers who laboured in the hospital.RESULTS:The calculated prevalence of low birth weight in Al Elwiya hospital was slightly higher thanthe 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 althoughthe latter was not published, all factors affecting birth weight were controllable.

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