RELATIONSHIP OF TYPES OF LABOR AND BIRTH WEIGHT WITH ICTERIC EVENTS IN NEONATES

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Jaundice is a problem in newborns that is often faced. About 25% - 50% of newborns suffer from jaundice in the first week. The research objective was to determine the relationship between type of delivery and birth weight with the incidence of icteric in neonates in the perinatology room of the Padang Panjang City Hospital in 2019. This type of research was descriptive analytic with a cross sectional approach . Data collection was carried out in the Perinatology Room of the Padang Panjang City Hospital. The population in this study were all babies treated in the perinatology room of the Padang Panjang City Hospital and the sample was taken using accidental sampling technique.namely 50 respondents. Data were collected using observation sheets, then processed through a computerized system with the chi square test . The results showed that less than half of the respondents (46%) were born with action and more than half of the babies were born with normal weight (74%)). The results of the bivariate study showed that there was a significant relationship between the type of delivery and the incidence of icteric with p value <0.001 and there was a relationship between birth weight and the incidence of icteric with p value <0.003. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the type of delivery and birth weight with the incidence of icteric disease.

 Keyword: Type of Labor, Birth Weight, Jaundice