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 a
newborn weighing is less than 2,500 grams. The UNICEF (united nations international children’s
emergency fund) and WHO estimates indicate that one in seven live births globally suffered
from low birth weight in 2015. The prevalence of low birth weight varied widely across regions
from 7.2 per cent in more developed regions to 17.3 per cent in Asia, in Ethiopia neonatal
mortality accounts 30 per 1000 live births from 55 per 1000 live birth children deaths, LBW
neonates were responsible for most deaths.
Objective: To assess survival status and to identify predictors of mortality of low birth weight
neonates admitted in selected governmental hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study will employed among 404 neonates with LBW admitted
to 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 selected
records from each year. Data will be entered to Epi-Data version 7.2.2.6 and exported to SPSS
Version 24 for analysis. The Kaplan Meier survival curve will used to estimate the cumulative
survival time. Log rank tests will used to compare probability of hazard among variables. Bivaraite
and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models will used to identify predictor
variables 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