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- Title
Altı aylık süt çocuklarında yalnız anne sütü ile beslenme süresi ile kan hemoglobin düzeyi ve eritrosit indeksleri ilişkisi.
- Authors
Bülbül, Lida; Baysal, Serpil Uğur; Gökçay, Gülbin; Vehid, Hayriye Ertem; Bülbül, Ali
- Abstract
Aim: The main objective was to determine the correlation between exclusive breast feeding duration and blood hemoglobin levels and erythrocyte indices measured at the age of six months. Material and Method: The medical records of 650 children aged from 6 to 41 months, who were followed at Child Health Surveillance Clinic, were evaluated. Descriptive statistical analysis method, Z and t, independent examples T, Pearson correlation and ANOVA tests were used. Results: Mean duration of exclusive breast feeding was 4.58±1.80 months. Exclusive breast feeding rates were found 90.3%, 79.5% and 41.1% in the first, fourth and sixth months, respectively. Hemoglobin values of infants who had not any siblings or who had one sibling were significantly higher than those who had three or more siblings. Conclusions: The ratio of exclusive breast feeding (>40%) determined in our study, was found significantly higher than the mean ratio (<10%) for Turkey. Counseling for breast feeding starting just after birth, routine follow-up, instructor courses on breast feeding counseling, to being a Baby Friendly Hospital are the main factors influencing this result. Mothers should be supplemented with iron, both in the prenatal and exclusively in the breast feeding periods.
- Subjects
TURKEY; BREASTFEEDING; HEMOGLOBINS; INFANT nutrition; ERYTHROCYTES; MOTHER-infant relationship; BLOOD proteins; PEDIATRICS; CHILDREN'S health; HEALTH
- Publication
Türk Pediatri Arşivi, 2008, Vol 43, Issue 4, p119
- ISSN
1306-0015
- Publication type
Article