THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT INCREASES WITH UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE AMONG THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANT WOMEN IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

Authors

  • Deby Kurnia Utami Universitas Respati Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (55555)
  • Pratiwi Puji Lestari Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (55292)
  • Ajeng Maharani Pratiwi STIKES Muhammadiyah Gombong, Kebumen, Indonesia (54412)

Keywords:

Weight Loss, upper arm circumference, Third Trimester Pregnant women

Abstract

Background: The incidence of Indonesian pregnant women who suffer from Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) reached 21.6%. In Yogyakarta, the presentation of CED reached 22.69%. Chronic Energy Shortage (CES) is mainly caused by nutrient intake imbalance that influences the weight gain in pregnant women.

Aims: This is to knowrelationships between body weights among third-trimester pregnant women with their upper arm circumference.

Methods: The study was a quantitative analytical study with cross-sectional approach. This research employed an accidental sampling method to select the 40 third-trimester pregnant women who visited health Centre in Yogyakarta. The data was then analysed using Chi Square test.

Results: There was a significant relationship between weight gain with upper arm circumference among third-trimester pregnant women (pvalue = 0.012). As a note that, the weight gain of the participated pregnant women and their size upper arm circumference were in the regular group.

Conclusion: The significant relationship between weight gain and higher arm circumference among third-trimester pregnant women alarm the needs to provide an advice for nutrition intake balance during pregnancy in Yogyakarta.

 

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2017-02-22

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT INCREASES WITH UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE AMONG THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANT WOMEN IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA. (2017). Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Health, 1, 322-327. https://publications.inschool.id/index.php/icash/article/view/853

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