Correlation Between Management of Balanced Menu and Weight Gain on Pregnant Women Trimester III in Rural Hospital Montasik 2015

Abstract

The result ofnational economic Social survey indicatesthat thereis27.6% of pregnant womenwithchronic energy deficiency(KEK)who tendto havea baby with low birth weight(BBLR).Chronic energy deficiency(KEK) becomes indirect causes ofpregnant mothersdeathabout40% andanother indirect cause isanemiaabout37%.Moreover,in rural areasthere are 23%pregnant womendeal with malnutrition. The general causes of malnutrition in pregnant women is consumingfoods that are not met by the recommended nutritional requirements. Besides, the timeof adjacent pregnancyandchildbirth,and lackof education and knowledge would cause the level of maternal mortalitybecomehigh.The objectiveof this study istoseecorrelation betweenmanagementofbalanced menu atthethird trimesterofpregnant womenandweight gain inrural hospitalMontasikin2015. The study was descriptive correlativeresearchwith cross sectional study design.The data was collected by usingpurposive samplingtechnique involved 30 sample. Data collection was done on August 23toJuly 6,2015usingquestionnaire.Thesecondary dataisprocessed byunivariate and bivariate analysis. The result showedthatmanagementofbalanced menucanincreasethebody weight of pregnant women (83.3%), management of balanced diet increases the circumference of the upper arm(LILA)(86.7%),andmanagement of balanced diet increases thelevel of uterusFundus (TFU) (80%). The study concludes thatthere is acorrelation betweenmanagement menuandthe weight gain in the third trimesterofpregnant women with p-value = 0.028 ( = 0.05). The resultof this studyis expected to beaninput andareference forhospitalofficers in maintaininghealth centerstoimproveservingqualityforpregnant women, especially in terms of management menu by measurement of weight, MUAC, and TFU whenthepregnant womenisinAnte Natal Care (ANC)