Risk factors associated with children birth weight in Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor

Haizan, Nurina Sahira (2020) Risk factors associated with children birth weight in Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Birth weight is the most crucial factor determining the survival, growth and development of a new-born. Since birth weight is important, it may contribute from their maternal factors; socio-demographic factors and obstetric history and children factors. However, the determinants found by researcher may be varied in different locations. Hence, the study was aimed to assess the risk factors associated with infant birth weight in Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor. A retrospective, cross-sectional studies design that using secondary data set from 2010 to 2011 was carried out in this study. Data collected was based on parents (or guardians in cases of children not taken care by parents) questionnaires and interviewed to gather demographic and socioeconomic background of the study child and his/her parents and households. All interviews were conducted either in the family homes, through telephones or at schools. This study was carried out in the urban areas of Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor and a total of 749 subjects participated in the study. However, after extracting missing data; child date of birth, children birth weight and parity of the mothers, the final sample size was 535 subjects. The birth weight of the infant was classified as high birth weight if >4500g meanwhile for low birth weight was <2500g. The extracted data were analysed using SPSS version 22 statistical package to determine the association between socio-demographic factors (mothers’ age, parity and household monthly income) and children birth weight. Study consist 49.5% boys and 50.5% of them were girls. Majority of the children were having normal birth weight (90.7%) with the mean 3.05±0.26kg. The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) was 8.2% meanwhile the high birth weight (HBW) was 1.1%. A significant positive and weak correlation was found between parity (r =0.118, p=0.006), and maternal age (r =0.110, p=0.011) with children birth weight. In this study, we found that the prevalence of LBW was still below 10%. Maternal factors were showed that it may potentially determine the children birth weight.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:20
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:20
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1241

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