فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

ABSTRACTIntroduction:Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a weight of 2499 g or less and in world it isconsidered an important determinant of infant health status. This paper aims to determine of trendsand prevalence of LBW in Iran with Meta analysis method.Materials and Methods:on the computerized literature valid on valid keyword with search in validdatabase (SID.MEDLIB, IRANMEDEX, GOOGLE, MAGIRAN, and PUBMED) recruited indifferent geographic areas. To explore heterogeneity in studies I2 index was used. Meta-analysisused to data analysis with random effects model.Results:Hospital data 195075 children enrolled in study. The Thirty eight studies met our inclusioncriteria. The pooled prevalence rate of LBW was 7%. Prevalence of LBW in Iran showed anincreasing trend during 1991-2010.Conclusions:The LBW rate in Iran is high. There is a need to change obstetric policy on weightgain during pregnancy to reverse the LBW rate trend.Keywords:Low birth weight, Iran, Meta-analysis, Systematic Review1. Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam,Iran2. Department of Social Medicine, faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam-Iran3. Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences4. PhD candidate ,Faculty member Department of Basic sciences Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Shahid Beheshti university of Medicalsciences Tehran-Iran*Corresponding author:Sayehmiri@razi.tums.ac.ir