| dc.description.abstract | Background : Malaria during pregnancy, also known as Malaria in Pregnancy
(MiP), is a health issue that needs to be avoided during pregnancy. MiP has
negative impacts on both mother and fetus, including maternal anemia, fetal
death, premature birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and low birth weight
(<2500 grams or <5.5 pounds). Babies with low birth weight are at risk of long-
term neurological disabilities, language development disorders, academic
performance problems, and increased risk of chronic diseases, including
cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The aim of this study is to determine the
effect of malaria infection during pregnancy on birth weight of infants as
evidenced by low birth weight (LBW) in neonates.
Method : The research was conducted using a scoping review study design in
accordance with the PRISMA ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic
Reviews and Meta-analyses for Scoping Review) protocol, which was
systematically assessed based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The article
search process was conducted using electronic databases such as PubMed,
Portal Garuda, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar, utilizing keywords
organized according to Boolean Operator rules. Keyword adjustments were
made based on the type of database used to obtain relevant article results.
Articles that successfully passed the selection process would be extracted and
synthesized for further examination at the individual data item level.
Result : 9 original research articles were obtained, conducted in malaria-
endemic areas. These articles consist of 2 articles in Indonesian and 7 articles
in English. Of these 9 articles, 8 of them indicated evidence of the influence of
malaria during pregnancy on low birth weight (OR/RR >1, p-value < 0.05), while
1 other article did not indicate evidence of the influence of malaria during
pregnancy on low birth weight (p-value > 0.05).
Conclusion : Malaria during pregnancy has a significant effect on the incidence
of LBW in neonates. | en_US |
