TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION

The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of neonatal jaundice in University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) from 2018 – 2022. The research design adopted for the study is a non-experimental, retrospective research design method and total
population sampling method of all the neonatal jaundice cases of children admitted into the special baby unit from January 2018 – 2022. An observational checklist for manual collection of secondary data of admitted children in the unit from their case
notes and hospital records was used as instruments of data collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result from the study shows a steady increase in the prevalence of neonatal jaundice with a drop in 2021 and the highest
prevalence in 2022. The result shows a steady increase in the prevalence of neonatal jaundice with a drop in 2021 and the highest prevalence in 2022. The study however also identified that that there is a significant association between prevalence of
neonatal jaundice in male and female neonates and there is a significant association between clinical factors and outcomes of neonatal jaundice.