We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Responsive Feeding, Infant Growth, and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms during 3 Months Postpartum.
- Authors
Chen, Tzu-Ling; Chen, Yi-Ying; Lin, Chen-Li; Peng, Fu-Shiang; Chien, Li-Yin
- Abstract
Responsive feeding is crucial to the formation of life-long healthy eating behavior. Few studies have examined maternal responsive feeding in early infancy among a Chinese population. This prospective study describes maternal responsive feeding and factors associated with maternal responsive feeding, with emphasis on infant growth and maternal depressive symptoms, during the first 3 months postpartum in Taiwan. From 2015 to 2017, 438 pregnant women were recruited and followed at 1 and 3 months postpartum. Maternal responsive feeding at 3 months was measured on a 10-item 5-point Likert-type scale. Maternal depressive symptoms were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale with a cutoff score of 10. Infant growth was categorized into four groups based on weight-for-length Z scores from birth to 3 months: no change, increase but in the normal range, increase to overweight, and decrease to underweight. Multiple regression revealed that postpartum depressive symptoms, primipara, and decreased infant weight-for-length Z score were negatively associated with maternal responsive feeding, while exclusive breastfeeding and maternal age younger than 29 years were positively associated with maternal responsive feeding. Heath professionals should educate mothers on responsive feeding, with emphases on first-time and non-exclusive breastfeeding mothers, as well as those with depressive symptoms, advanced maternal age, and infants who are becoming underweight.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; AGE distribution; BODY weight; BREASTFEEDING; INFANT development; INFANT nutrition; LEANNESS; LONGITUDINAL method; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; OBESITY; PARENTING; POSTPARTUM depression; PREGNANT women; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; SCALE analysis (Psychology); MULTIPLE regression analysis; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale
- Publication
Nutrients, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 6, p1766
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu12061766