A STUDT OF MATERNAL FACTOR AFFECTING THE BIRTH WEIGHT OF BABY

1. A STUDY OF EFFECT OF MATERNAL FACTORS
INFLUENCING BIRTH WEIGHT OF NEWBORN
Dr.Lakshit Bhalala(PRESNTER)
Dr.Priyanka Patel
Assistant Professor
Dr.K.M.Maheriya
Professor And HOD, Dept of Pediatrics
Dr.M.K.Shah Medical College, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad

2. INTRODUCTION
• Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health problem
which needs to be addressed. The maternal factors play a
major role in the child’s weight.
• Aim was to study the maternal risk factors influencing the
weight of the baby in a tertiary care hospital.
• Birth weight is not only a critical determinant of child
survival, growth and development but also a valuable
indicator of maternal health, nutrition and quality of life.
• LBW is closely associated with fetal and perinatal
mortality and morbidity.

3. • Aim and Objective: To study the maternal risk factors
associated with low birth weight neonates.
• Study duration:From 1st october, 2022 to 28 february,
2023.
• Stastical method: Data will be enterd into MS excel sheet
and will be analyzed using statistical package for the social
sciences (SPSS) version 24.
Aim and Objective

4. MATERIALS AND METHODS
• Study design:Ahospital based cross sectional study was done
in OBGY ward at Dr m.k. shah medical colleage and research
centre and S.M.S. hospital chandkheda ahemdabad .
• 653 neonates were included in the study. Birth weight was
recorded within 30 minutes after birth.
• Mother details were collected by using questionnaires.Various
maternal characteristics including age, nutritional status
(height, weight, haemoglobin) were noted.

5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Result: Atotal of 653 babies and their mothers were enrolled in
the study where 347(53%) were males and 306(46%) were
females. 607(92%) were term and 46(7%) were preterm.
Mean age of the mothers was 25 years, mean weight noted
was 59 kg and mean height was 153 cm.

6. Figure 1. Distribution of Study Participants as per Birth weight.
(n= 653)
In my study,Out of total 653 neonates, 411(63%) had normal
birth weight, while remaining 242(37%) had birth weight less
2.5 k.g.

7. • In my study, out of 347 males,27 (7.8%)were pre-term
and out of 306 female,19(6.2%) were born as
pre-term.

8. • <30 years of mother:367(56.20%) study participant had a
normal birth weight and 195(29.80%) had low birth
weight.
• >30 years of mother:47(6.7%) study participant had a normal
birth weight and 44(7.1%) had low birth weight.

9. Through this comparison histogram it is interpreted that when
mothers BMI is less than <25, 399(61%) babies have normal
birth weight and 166(24%) have low birth weight and when
mothers BMI is >25, 12(1.9%) babies have normal birth weight
and 12% have low birth weight.

10. Through this histogram it is clear that as the birth order of
baby increases the average birth weight of the baby
decreases.

11. Conclusion
• This study concluded that maternal factors are associated with birth
weight owing to mother’s age, weight, height, anemia, birth interval,
bad obstetric history with complications and family income.
• This calls for better management of mothers at the initial stages of
pregnancy to reduce LBW and morbidity and mortality.
• Health education and large-scale awareness programs
implementation can reduce and prevent this public health problem.

12. • Almost all the identified factors in our study are modifiable
and thus preventable.
• Integrated approach incorporating medical, social, economical
and educational measures to improve the overall health status
of the women are needed to reduce the problem of LBW in
India.

13. REFERENCES
• International Journal of Epidemiology 2005;34:688–695 doi:10.1093/ije/dyi029
• United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization. Low Birthweight:
Country, Regional and Global Estimates. New York, NY: UNICEF. 2004. Available
at: https://apps.who.int/iris /handle/10665/43184. Accessed on 24 July 2021.
• International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 9, Issue 10,
October 2019 819 ISSN 2250-3153
DOI: 10.29322/IJSRP.9.10.2019.p94103

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