Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality among Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted in Selected Governmental Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
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2021-01
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Addis Abeba University
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Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines low birth weight (LBW) as anewborn weighing is less than 2,500 grams. The UNICEF (united nations international children’semergency fund) and WHO estimates indicate that one in seven live births globally sufferedfrom low birth weight in 2015. The prevalence of low birth weight varied widely across regionsfrom 7.2 per cent in more developed regions to 17.3 per cent in Asia, in Ethiopia neonatalmortality accounts 30 per 1000 live births from 55 per 1000 live birth children deaths, LBWneonates were responsible for most deaths.
Objective: To assess survival status and to identify predictors of mortality of low birth weightneonates admitted in selected governmental hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study will employed among 404 neonates with LBW admittedto neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of selected four governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa,between January 2018 and January 2021. The data will be collected from randomly selectedrecords from each year. Data will be entered to Epi-Data version 7.2.2.6 and exported to SPSSVersion 24 for analysis. The Kaplan Meier survival curve will used to estimate the cumulativesurvival time. Log rank tests will used to compare probability of hazard among variables. Bivaraiteand multivariate Cox proportional hazards models will used to identify predictorvariables and variables having p value < 0.05 will considered as statistically significant.
Budget: This study will require a total budget of 32,640 birr with 10% contingency added.
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Mortality ,low birth weight ,Neonates