ABSTRACT

Background: Birth weight is one of the main factors contributing to perinatal mortality, especially in low birth weight caused by accompanying diseases such as hyperbilirubinemia in 25-50% of term infants and 80% low birth weight infants. Newborn babies in RSKIA SadewaBabarsari were 2,868; 194 of them were infants with neonatal jaundice.

Aim: To identify the correlation between birth weight and neonatal jaundice incidence at RSKIA Sadewa Babarsari Sleman in 2014.

Method: This research is analytical observational research with a case-control approach. Samples were taken using purposive sampling—statistical test analysis employed chi-square test.

Results: From 194 birth weight, there were 62 (32.0%) who experienced Low Birth Weight (LBW), with 52 pathological jaundice categories (83.9%), and 132 (68.0%) who were born with average birth weight (NBW), and with neonatal jaundice in 87 physiological categories (65.9%). Test results using chi-square statistics showed the value of OR = 2.460.

Conclusion: There is a correlation between birth weight and incidence of neonatal jaundice at RSKIA Sadewa Babarsari Sleman in 2014, with the value of OR of 2.460, which means LBW babies have 2.4 times chance to experience pathological neonatal jaundice compared to babies with NBW.

Keywords: Low Birth Weight, Normal Birth Weight and Incidence of Jaundice