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- Title
Bajo peso al nacer y sus factores asociados en el Hospital Materno infantil Germán Urquidi. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Authors
Rojas Salazar, Enrique Gonzalo; Ortiz, Yercin Mamani; Choque Ontiveros, María del Carmen; Abu-khdeir, Maiza Abujder; Meneses, Dayana Bustamante
- Abstract
Introduction: low birth weight, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as birth weight less than 2 500 grams, independent of gestational age and whatever the cause; It is the most important predictor of infant mortality rate especially neonatal. Objetive: to determine the prevalence of low birth weight and its associated factors in the Maternity Hospital German Urquidi of Cercado province of Cochabamba, Bolivia, during the administration I-2013. Methods: an observational study, quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional was conducted; with a sample of 926 boys and girls newborn; selected by random sampling, we consider a 95% confidence error where Alfa (α = 0,05) and Beta (Z 1- α = 0,76); accuracy d = 0,049%, calculated using the PASS Software 12.0. Results: of the newborns admitted in the study (926); the prevalence of low birth weight was 9,6%. It was determined that there gestational age with a shorter length at birth (r = 0,5373). Regarding the age of the mother with gestational age there was no statistically significant correlation (r = 0,005). Conclusions: The prevalence of low birth weight in our country was 9,6%, the main factors for low birth weight and gestational age were stunting the birth.
- Publication
Gaceta Médica Boliviana, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
1012-2966
- Publication type
Article