Factors related to any-breastfeeding duration in a sample of Malay mothers
Background: While the benefits of breastfeeding have been established, sustaining breastfeeding for a longer duration is a challenge. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine factors related to any breastfeeding duration in a sample of the ever-breastfed Malay mothers. Materials and Methods: M...
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Community Health Society Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56773/1/Factors%20related%20to%20any-breastfeeding%20duration%20in%20a%20sample%20of%20Malay%20mothers.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56773/ http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/387 |
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| Summary: | Background: While the benefits of breastfeeding have been established, sustaining breastfeeding for a longer duration is a challenge. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine factors related to any breastfeeding duration in a sample of the ever-breastfed Malay mothers.
Materials and Methods: Mothers regardless of their current breastfeeding status and having a child between 12 and 36 months participated in this study. We assessed breastfeeding practices, obstetric history, nutritional status and information about their breastfed child.
Results: A total of 60 ever-breastfed mothers aged 30.9 + 3.4 years participated in the study. The duration of any breastfeeding was 15.0 ± 7.6 months with 31.7% were still breastfed up to 24 months. The BMI of the participants was in the normal range but increased by 1.8kgm-2 as compared to the pre-pregnancy BMI. Intake of macronutrients distributed evenly but a substantial proportion of the participants did not achieve the recommendations for energy, calcium and iron intake. Mother’s age (r = 0.288, p < 0.05), duration of exclusive breastfeeding (r = 0.408, p < 0.01) and later introduction to formula milk (r= 0.550, p < 0.001) were positively related with duration of any breastfeeding.
Conclusion: In this sample of ever breastfed Malay women, only 31.7% were still breastfeeding. The increase in BMI at a postpartum and possible micronutrients inadequacy are of a particular concern. A longer duration of any breastfeeding was related to a longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding, the mother’s age and later introduction to formula-feeding. Understanding issues of breastfeeding mothers help to sustain a longer duration of breastfeeding. |
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