Assessment of Risk Factors Associated with Low-Birth-Weight Neonates | Chapter 12 | New Advances in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 4

 Low beginning weight (LBW) is a important public health issue worldwide and has happened associated with various short- and long-term results. This study aimed to identify the risk determinants associated with LBW neonates in a country tertiary care ward. The study was conducted as a prospective practical case-control study in the Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The study included a sample of 240 daughters who were permitted for delivery, and data was composed using questionnaires (Proforma). The results of the study accompanied that the area of condo, parental education, anaemia between pregnant wives, mid upper arm perimeter (MUAC) less than 23 cm, motherly age, and antenatal visits <4 were significant risk determinants associated with LBW. The study found that 91.3% of cases were from country areas, distinguished to 71% of controls from the same extent. Similarly, anaemia was prevalent in both case and control groups, but it was visualized as a significant prophet more in the case group. The study also written other factors in the way that parity, organize between babies, and devouring of drugs and alcohol by pregnant wives, which were establish to be securing of LBW. In conclusion, this study suggests that delaying the age of first gestation, lacking iron/folic acid supplementation, not attractive nutritional meal during pregnancy, anaemia, and other determinants were independently guide LBW. These findings focal point the importance of antenatal care, proper food, and education for significant women for fear that LBW and its associated results. Public health interventions mean these risk factors can considerably reduce the incidence of LBW and allure associated melancholy and mortality.

Author(s) Details:

Rajesh Hadia,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Rahul Trivedi,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Cyril Sajan,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Varunsingh Saggu,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Sunil Baile,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Sunil Kardani,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

Hemraj Singh Rajput,
Department of Pharmacy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, India.

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