THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN’S HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS AND THE NEWBORN PHYSICAL MATURITY

Kamsatun, Kamsatun THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN’S HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS AND THE NEWBORN PHYSICAL MATURITY. HEALTH POLYTECHNIC OF HEALTH MINISTRY, 1 (1). pp. 32-39.

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Abstract

Anemia is one of the indirect causes of maternal mortality. During pregnancy, women require additional iron to increase red blood cells in her body, forming fetal red blood cells, fetal growth, and placenta. Iron requirements in each trimester are different, in the second and third trimesters pregnant women need large amounts of iron. Pregnant women with anemia are at risk of having low birth weight babies. This study aims to determine the relationship between hemoglobin levels of pregnant women with the physical maturity of infants as measured by baby’s weight and APGAR signs of baby. The results of the study are useful to determine nursing care especially related to pregnant women’s nutrition need to prevent anemia. This study applied an analytic design using cross-sectional approach. The population was mothers who gave birth in the PHC of Garuda, Bandung City. The number of samples was 68 respondents. Samples were taken using purposive sampling technique. Data collection used questionnaires, medic records and direct measurements of babies’ body weight and APGAR score. Data were analysed using univariate, and bivariate analysis (Correlation Test). Another analysis was the multivariate analysis that conducted to determine the relationship between maternal characteristics (age, parity, gestational age and complications) and the physical maturity of the baby (baby's weight and Apgar score). The results showed that there was no correlation between mothers’ hemoglobin and the baby's weight (p-value = 0.296). P value> α (0.1). There was a relationship between ages and parity with the baby's body weight. In addition, there was no correlation between maternal hemoglobin and infant's Apgar score (p-value = 0.112) p-value <α (0.1). There is a relationship between complications of pregnant women with babies’ APGAR score. Keywords: Anemia in pregnancy, Hemoglobin, Low birth weight, Apgar score

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