Preeclampsia and Low Birth Weight Incidence in Dr. Soewandhie Hospital, Surabaya Sukesi1,*, Maharrani Titi1, Sriami1, Windarena Diyas1 1Departement of Midwifery, Health Polytechnic of Surabaya *Corresponding author: Sukesi E-mail: kesisakur@yahoo.co.id, Address: Campus of Midwifery, Karangmenjangan Street, Surabaya, Indonesia
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Low Birth Weight (LBW) is one of the factor contributing to higt infant mortality rate. The prevalence of LBW is estimated to be 15% of all births in the world where 33%-38% occur in developing countries. The infant mortality rate in Indonesia from 2008 was followed by 248 per 100, 000 live births. Factors affecting LBW are preeclampsia. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between preeclampsia and the incidence of low birth weight at dr. Soewandhie Hospital, Surabaya. The design of this research was cross sectional. The population was all babies born on February 1 to April 30, 2017. The sample size was 138 selected by total sampling technique. Data were collected by documentation study on secondary data, then analyzed by Chi-square test. Women who gave birth from preeclampsia were 39.9%, the incidence of LBW was 47.1%. The incidence of LBW was more common in mothers who gave birth to preeclampsia, namely 32 (58.2%). The results of Chi-Square test was obtained the p-value of 0.034 (there was a relationship between preeclampsia and the incidence of LBW). Pregnant women who are preeclampsia are at risk of delivering low birth weight babies. Top Keywords Baby, Low Birth Weight, Preeclampsia, Pregnancy. Top |