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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL PRE-ECLAMPSIA
WITH THE PREVALENCE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES
(Study at Delivery Room of RA Basoeni General Hospital, Gedeg,
Mojokerto)
Emi Kusumawardani*
*Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga
E-mail: emikusumawardani80@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Introduction: Low Birth Weight Babies (LBW) which the worldwide incidence estimated
15 millions baby are major factor of noenatal morbidity and mortality. Where the insidence
of pre-eclampsia is assosiated as one of the cause. The result of pre-eliminary study at RA
Basoeni general hospital on December 2014, from 65 treathened babies, 10 babies (15,4%)
were born by pre-eclampsia mother, in which 4 babies (40%) were LBW babies and 1 of them
was died. The aim of this study was to determine the association between preeclampsia
and the prevalence of LBW in RA Basoeni General Hospital Mojokerto at January–May 2015.
Method: This study design using correlation analytic with retrospective crosssectional
design. The population of this study was Pre-eclampsia maternal in RA Basoeni general
hospital’s delivery room on January–May 2015. The sampling technique being used was
total sampling. Pre-eclampsia was the independent variables and LBW babies was the
dependent variable. Instruments used the form of medical record documents. Analysis of
statistical tests using the Exact Fisher’s test. Result: based on the results of the study, 42
pre-eclamptic maternals, most of them were mild Pre-eclampsia (59,5 %) and almost a half
were severe pre-eclamsia (40,5%). Almost all of the babies who delivered by Pre-eclampsia
maternal were normal weight babies, 35 babies (83,3%) and only a few were LBW babies
(16,7%). Association between Pre-eclampsia and LBW babies, analyzed p value = 0,81 >
α = 0.05, that means H1 were rejected. Discuss: In conclusion, there was no association
between preeclampsia and the prevalence of LBW. So that the midwife should aware about
maternal and neonatal complication by doing their work based on the Operational Standard
Procedure.

Keywords: maternal, pre eclampsia, low birth weight babies.

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