Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study | BMC Research Notes | Full Text

Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study | BMC Research Notes | Full Text



BMC Research Notes

Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study

• Animut AlebelEmail authorView ORCID ID profile,
• Fasil Wagnew,
• Cheru Tesema,
• Alemu Gebrie,
• Daniel Bekele Ketema,
• Getnet Asmare and
• Getiye Dejenu Kibret

BMC Research Notes201912:105

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4143-1

©  The Author(s) 2019

• Received: 1 December 2018
• Accepted: 21 February 2019
• Published: 27 February 2019

Abstract

Objective

To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Results

From the total of 368 newborn baby/mother pairs planned to be participated, 338 agreed and involved in the study giving a response rate of 91.2%. In this study, the prevalence of low birth weight was 21.6 (95% CI 17.5, 26%). Being rural residence (AOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0, 4.1), duration of pregnancy (AOR = 7.6, 95% CI 3.3, 17.4), and having complications during pregnancy (AOR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2, 5.7) were found to be factors significantly associated with low birth weight.

Keywords

• Low birth weight
• Associated factors Debre Markos
• Northwest Ethiopia