Relationship of maternal sociodemographic characteristics with neonate’s weight among primigravida attending primary health care centers in Sulaimani city Iraq
Other Title(s)
علاقة الخصائص الاجتماعية للأمهات بوزن الطفل حديث الولادة لدى الحوامل لأول مرة و الوافدات لمراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية في مدينة السليمانية العراق
Joint Authors
Ahmad, Pishwaz Abd al-Rahman
Muhammad, Atiyyah K.
Source
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
Issue
Vol. 10, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Kufa Faculty of Nursing \
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : Birth weight plays an important role in infant survival, child development, and adult metabolic diseases also, maternal characteristics have been variously shown to impact on the progress and outcome of pregnancy, especially those related to birth weight and perinatal mortality.
Aim of the study : The study aimed to identify the association between sociodemographic characteristics of the mother and birth weight.
Methodology: A Prospective analytic study of 147 prime pregnant women who visited primary health centers for antenatal care in Sulaimani City were eligible to participate in this study prospectively followed up until the postpartum.
This study collected of the data in a period starting from 30 December 2018 to 30 June 2019.
An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to retrieve information on sociodemographic characteristics from the participants.
Descriptive & inferential statistical used for analysis data; it was done with the SPSS version 22.0 software.
Results : The result of study revealed that the men of the age of women were 24.4 and SD = 5.04, 75.5 % were housewives, (46.9 %) were sufficient to some extent financially, (98.6 %) were nonsmokers and (98.6 %) wasn't drinking alcohol.
The majority of the cases (72.1 %) were from urban areas and all of them delivered their babies at term.
About 91.2% of the babies had normal birth weight, and the 1st minute Apgar score of newborns for 94.9 % of them were in the excellent condition and less than one quarter (21.1 %) of them were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.
Conclusion : There was no statistical significant relationship between neonate′s birth weights with mother′s sociodemographic characteristics, but there was a statistical significant association between birth weights of the study sample with their residency.
Recommendation : according to these finding the researcher emphasize on prenatal care as early as possible that the nurse must take the role in reducing the incidence of LBW.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Atiyyah K.& Ahmad, Pishwaz Abd al-Rahman. 2020. Relationship of maternal sociodemographic characteristics with neonate’s weight among primigravida attending primary health care centers in Sulaimani city Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences،Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-979482
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Atiyyah K.& Ahmad, Pishwaz Abd al-Rahman. Relationship of maternal sociodemographic characteristics with neonate’s weight among primigravida attending primary health care centers in Sulaimani city Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 10, no. 1 (2020), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-979482
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Atiyyah K.& Ahmad, Pishwaz Abd al-Rahman. Relationship of maternal sociodemographic characteristics with neonate’s weight among primigravida attending primary health care centers in Sulaimani city Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences. 2020. Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-979482
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-979482