Hubungan Usia Ibu, Usia Kehamilan dan Preeklampsia Dengan Kejadian Bayi Berat Lahir Rendah di RSUD Arga Makmur

Abstract

Babies with LBW are risk factors that contribute to infant mortality. Bengkulu Provincial Health Office recorded that 36,917 babies were born alive in Bengkulu province in 2020, weighed as many as 34,151 babies with LBW as many as 860 babies (3%). North Bengkulu Regency is the district with the largest infant mortality rate (20.28%) and the largest LBW incidence rate is 5%. This study aims to determine the relationship between maternal age, gestational age and preeclampsia with the incidence of low birth weight babies in Arga Makmur Hospital.
 The research design used is an analytic survey with a case control design. The population total number of babies born in 2021 at the Arga Makmur Hospital, amounting to 1,573 people. The sample in this study was 546 respondents, who were taken using the Sugiyono formula. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis, chi-square test and multiple logistic regression.
 The results relationship between maternal age and the incidence of LBW (ρ=0.000). There is a relationship between gestational age and the incidence of LBW (ρ = 0.000). There is a relationship between preeclampsia and the incidence of LBW (ρ=0.000). The most dominant factor related to the incidence of LBW is gestational age (ρ = 0.000 and OR = 56.521) this means that pregnant women with gestational age <37 weeks have an opportunity to experience LBW 56.521 times greater than pregnant women with gestational age 37-42 weeks.
 Suggestions for Arga Makmur Hospital to be able to cooperate with the health office or other cross-sectors in order to provide counseling and knowledge to health workers at the puskesmas level so that they can take preventive actions before the occurrence of LBW. Health workers need to improve integrated antenatal care and screening during pregnancy so that it will reduce the risk when the baby is born.