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Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal

Low birth weight is still an important public health problem worldwide. It is a major contributor to neonatal death in developing countries, including Nepal. The government of Nepal has developed and implemented different programs to improve maternal and neonatal health, including baby’s birth weigh...

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Autores principales: Thapa, Pratibha, Poudyal, Amod, Poudel, Rajan, Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad, Timalsina, Ashish, Bhandari, Rama, Baral, Jijeebisha, Bhandari, Rabindra, Joshi, Prakash Chandra, Thapa, Pratiksha, Adhikari, Nabin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001220
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author Thapa, Pratibha
Poudyal, Amod
Poudel, Rajan
Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad
Timalsina, Ashish
Bhandari, Rama
Baral, Jijeebisha
Bhandari, Rabindra
Joshi, Prakash Chandra
Thapa, Pratiksha
Adhikari, Nabin
author_facet Thapa, Pratibha
Poudyal, Amod
Poudel, Rajan
Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad
Timalsina, Ashish
Bhandari, Rama
Baral, Jijeebisha
Bhandari, Rabindra
Joshi, Prakash Chandra
Thapa, Pratiksha
Adhikari, Nabin
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description Low birth weight is still an important public health problem worldwide. It is a major contributor to neonatal death in developing countries, including Nepal. The government of Nepal has developed and implemented different programs to improve maternal and neonatal health, including baby’s birth weight. However, low birth weight is a major maternal and child health challenge. Maternal factors determining the birth weight of neonates have been poorly assessed in previous studies in Nepal. Thus, this study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with low birth weight in Nepal. An institution-based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Paropakar Maternity Hospital and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu district among 308 postnatal mothers. The data was collected through the face-to-face interview technique. The data was entered in EpiData 3.1 and exported to Statistical Package and Service Solutions version 21 for analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to obtain an adjusted odds ratio, while p-value < 0.05 with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was considered significant. The findings showed that 15.3% of the children had low birth weight. The mean and standard deviation of childbirth weight was 2.96±0.59 kg. Mothers belonged to Dalit ethnic (AOR = 2.9, 95% CI = 1.2–7.1), Antenatal Care visited three or fewer (AOR = 2.6, 95%CI = 1.0–6.6) and did not comply with Iron and Folic Acid supplementation (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.0–4.4) were significantly associated with low birth weight. Nearly one in every six children had low birth weight. Maternal health services such as antenatal care and compliance with a recommended dose of maternal micronutrients significantly impact on birth weight. Maternal and neonatal health programs should consider these factors to reduce adverse birth outcomes in Nepal.
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spelling pubmed-100211782023-03-17 Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal Thapa, Pratibha Poudyal, Amod Poudel, Rajan Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad Timalsina, Ashish Bhandari, Rama Baral, Jijeebisha Bhandari, Rabindra Joshi, Prakash Chandra Thapa, Pratiksha Adhikari, Nabin PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Low birth weight is still an important public health problem worldwide. It is a major contributor to neonatal death in developing countries, including Nepal. The government of Nepal has developed and implemented different programs to improve maternal and neonatal health, including baby’s birth weight. However, low birth weight is a major maternal and child health challenge. Maternal factors determining the birth weight of neonates have been poorly assessed in previous studies in Nepal. Thus, this study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with low birth weight in Nepal. An institution-based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Paropakar Maternity Hospital and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu district among 308 postnatal mothers. The data was collected through the face-to-face interview technique. The data was entered in EpiData 3.1 and exported to Statistical Package and Service Solutions version 21 for analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to obtain an adjusted odds ratio, while p-value < 0.05 with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was considered significant. The findings showed that 15.3% of the children had low birth weight. The mean and standard deviation of childbirth weight was 2.96±0.59 kg. Mothers belonged to Dalit ethnic (AOR = 2.9, 95% CI = 1.2–7.1), Antenatal Care visited three or fewer (AOR = 2.6, 95%CI = 1.0–6.6) and did not comply with Iron and Folic Acid supplementation (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.0–4.4) were significantly associated with low birth weight. Nearly one in every six children had low birth weight. Maternal health services such as antenatal care and compliance with a recommended dose of maternal micronutrients significantly impact on birth weight. Maternal and neonatal health programs should consider these factors to reduce adverse birth outcomes in Nepal. Public Library of Science 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10021178/ /pubmed/36962657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001220 Text en © 2022 Thapa et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Thapa, Pratibha
Poudyal, Amod
Poudel, Rajan
Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad
Timalsina, Ashish
Bhandari, Rama
Baral, Jijeebisha
Bhandari, Rabindra
Joshi, Prakash Chandra
Thapa, Pratiksha
Adhikari, Nabin
Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal
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title_full Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal
title_fullStr Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal
title_short Prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: Hospital based cross sectional study in Nepal
title_sort prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors: hospital based cross sectional study in nepal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001220
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