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Women, Midwives and Midwifery : Volume 3, Issue 3, 2023 https://wmmjournal.org
Background: In 2020, the number of Infant Mortality Rates reached 2.4 million people
due to LBW (34.5%). LBW contributes 60 to 80% of all infant deaths. LBW is babies
born weighing less than 2500 grams. LBW has problems if the baby does not die at the
time of birth, it will have a risk of growing and developing slowly, stunting, affected by
non-communicable diseases, anemia, and impaired heart function.
Purpose: To determine the relationship between maternal factors and the incidence of
LBW at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital.
Methods: This research used a quantitative analytic survey with a case-control
approach. This study used medical record data and maternal cohorts. The population in
this study was 604 newborn babies at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital with a
total sample of 142 respondents. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling.
This study employed the master table as a data collection method. The data analysis
used is the chi-square test.
Results: Based on the results of chi-square analysis, maternal parity (p-value =
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