Background:An important indicator in determining the level of public health can be monitored from the infant mortality rate. According to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO), every year approximately 3% (3.6 million) of the 120 million newborns experience neonatal jaundice and nearly 1 million of these babies later die. Jaundice in newborns occurs in 50%-60% of all infants in the first week of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of risk factors for the incidence of asphyxia neonatarum in children.
Method:This study used a case control design with simple random sampling. The research subjects were infants aged 0-28 days in the Bantul region in 2019 totaling 114 respondents with a 1:1 ratio of 57 cases and 57 controls. Collecting data using primary data with a questionnaire (google form). The analysis used chi-square, logistic regression, and path analysis
Result: Based on the results of the multivariat analysis, the type of labor at high risk for the incidence of jaundice with an OR of 4,169. The results of the path analysis showed that the biggest factor influencing the incidence of neonatal jaundice was diabetes mellitus (b = 0.341- SE = 0.056- p = 0.004).
Conclusion: Variables that have a direct relationship are gestational age, type of delivery, birth weight of the baby, breast milk and diabetes mellitus. While the variables that have an indirect relationship are blood type and trauma.
