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- Title
Anne sütü ile beslenme süresini etkileyen etmenler: Türkiye’de Kayseri ilinden kesitsel bir araştırma.
- Authors
Balcı, Elçin; Kondolot, Meda; Horoz, Duygu; Elmalı, Ferhan; Çiçek, Betül; Demirtaş, Türev
- Abstract
Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the major factors affecting duration of breastfeeding and the factors affecting it. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was performed in Kayseri between 2009 and 2010. A total of 2855 mothers were included in the study. Univariate and multiple binary logistic regression (backward) analysis were used for establishing the variables affecting the duration of breast feeding. The study approved by the ethics committee (03.04.2007/168). Results: 74.9% of the mothers stated that they exclusively breast fed their babies for six months. Variables that were thought to affect breast feeding for a period of more than six months such as gestational age, parity, mother's age, mother's educational level were all found to be statistically significant by univariate logistic regression analysis. In the multivariate logistic analysis, the rate of breast feeding after six months increased by 1.021 fold for every one year increase in the mother's age and 1.267 fold for every one week increase in the gestational age. Those with an educational status of primary school and below had a 1.558-times-higher tendency to breastfeeding compared to those with an educational level of secondary school and above and those with an educational level of secondary school had a 1.475-times-higher tendency to breastfeeding compared to those with an educational level of graduate school and above. Babies whose mothers were house-wives were breastfed longer than six months compared to babies whose mothers were working and boys were breastfed longer than six months compared to girls. Conclusions: In order to increase the rates of breastfeeding, pregnancies at a young age should be prevented, term labors should be encouraged, encouraging applications for breast feeding should be developed for working mothers and educational support should be given to enable mothers to take care of all of their babies without discrimination.
- Subjects
TURKEY; AGING; BREASTFEEDING; MULTIVARIATE analysis; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; TIME; LOGISTIC regression analysis; EDUCATIONAL attainment; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Türk Pediatri Arşivi, 2012, Vol 47, Issue 3, p99
- ISSN
1306-0015
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/tpa.754