THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHERS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN IRAN: A METAANALYSIS STUDY

Karimi, A and Delpisheh, A and Sayehmiri, K and Daliri, S (2017) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHERS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN IRAN: A METAANALYSIS STUDY. The J Urmia Nurs Midwifery Fac, 14 (12). pp. 990-1002.

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Abstract

The weight at birth is an important health indicator of infants. Underweight infant’s birth is one of the major health problems and most fundamental causes of infant’s death. This study was performed to determine the relation of mothers’ demographic factors with underweight infant’s birth as meta-analysis in Iran. Materials and Methods: This study is a meta-analysis of mothers’ demographic factors with underweight infant’s birth in Iran, which was conducted on published articles in the country. In this aim by searching the information at SID, Medlib, Irandoc, Google scholar, Pubmed, ISI, Iranmedex, Scopus and Magiran, using key words and their compounds, all related articles were extracted independently by two trained researchers. The results of studies analyzed using the STATA and Spss20 software. Results: In the initial searching of 49 articles, 28 articles met inclusion criteria for study. Mother’s prepregnancy weight (OR: 2/28, CI%95: 1/42-5/61), and mother's job (OR: 1/15, CI%95: 0/72-1/84), respectively, has got the most and the least relation with the underweight infant’s birth. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, there is significant relationship between underweight infant’s birth and mother’s pre-pregnancy weight, mother’s age under 19 years, mother’s education and place of residence. Thus the control of mentioned risk factors in the mothers before the pregnancy can lead to the reduction of the underweight infant’s birth

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