Incidence and Duration of Breast‐Feeding of Ill Newborns
作者:
B. Hunkeler,
C. Aebi,
Ch. Minder,
E. Bossi,
期刊:
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 1
页码: 37-40
ISSN:0277-2116
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: Breast-feeding;Ill newborns
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Summary:The many biological advantages of breast milk call for promoting breast-feeding. The extent to which separation of ill newborns from their mothers negatively influences breast-feeding is not known. By means of a written inquiry, we investigated the prevalence of exclusive, partial, and no breast-feeding of 536 newborns hospitalized at a tertiary care neonatal center with no inborn patients. Three hundred twenty-seven questionnaires were completed correctly. Fifty percent of the mothers eventually succeeded in exclusive breast-feeding, 25% in partial breast-feeding, and 25% never breast-fed. The frequency of breast-feeding was similar to the Swiss average for the first 4 months of life in healthy newborns and declined more rapidly thereafter. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses have shown that the following conditions influence breast-feeding negatively: gestational age ≤33 weeks, maternal age >25 years, and lower professional status of the father. Additionally, multivariate analysis revealed a promoting effect of previous breast-feeding. Exclusive breast-feeding has eventually been possible in half of the newborns who had initially been separated from their mothers due to illness. Knowledge of the conditions influencing breast-feeding in such populations should help to promote breast-feeding more specifically in tertiary neonatal centers.
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