Assess the maternal factors associated with Birth weight of newborn
1 Assistant Professor, Govt. College of nursing GMC Bhopal, MP, India.
2 Faculty of PG Nursing, Govt. College of Nursing RNTMC Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 797–803
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2141
Publication history:
Received on 08 September 2023; revised on 19 October 2023; accepted on 22 October 2023
Abstract:
An exploratory study was conducted to assess maternal factors associated with Birth Weight of newborn in selected Hospital, Indore. A total of 50 antenatal mothers were selected through convenient sampling technique. An interview schedule was conducted using structured questionnaire to collect the data. Content validity of the tools determined by an expert. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The results of current study reveals that there were significant association found between Maternal factors like Monthly income of the family, weight gain during Pregnancy, Hemoglobin level of the mother, Total No. of ANC visits, anemia with birth weight of newborns. There is no significant association found among other factors. Study concluded that maternal factors (Socio demographic Variables, General Health Assessment, Obstetric History, Medical Ailments during Pregnancy, Nutritional Assessment) can affect the weight of the babies.
Keywords:
Asess; Mothers; Maternal factors; Birth weight; Newborn.
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