Weight Gain Pattern During Pregnancy among Women Attending for Normal Labor at Makasar Primary Health Care, Jakarta
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Maternal nutritional stutus before and during pregnancy were important for optimal pregnancy outcomes. Institute of Medicine had already published guideline for proper weight gain during pregnancy. Women in Jakarta, a metropolitan area of Indonesia,are in relatively younger age of marriage. Previously, its was reported that maternal nutritional stutus among young mother was poor. Thus, this study aimed to know the pattern of weight gain among pregnant women in Jakarta setting. Methods: This study was a retrospective study using medical records ofpregnant women undergone normal labor in Makasar Primary Health Care, Jakarta during 2014. The data included in this study are pre-pregnancy weight, body mass index, and weight gain during pregnancy. Institute of Medicine recommendation was used to classify maternal body weight gain. Results: A total of 128 medical records were included in this study. We found that the majority of pregnant women had poor weight gain (71 subjects, 55.5%) compared to ideal weight gain (39 subjects, 30.4%) and excessive weight gain (18 subjects, 14.1%). Most subjects in underweight and normoweight women had poor weight gain compared to overweight and obese women (p<0,001). Body mass index before pregnancy was correlated with body weight gain (r= -0.374, p<0,001). Conclussion: Most of women attending fornormal labor in Makasar Primary Health Carehad poor weight gain during pregnancy.
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Muhammad Yusra Firdaus
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