1. Mothers' breastfeeding six weeks postpartum and factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months.
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Wu, Jing-Ling, Jiang, Xiu-Min, Zheng, Qing-Xiang, Chen, Xiao-Qian, and Liu, Gui-Hua
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BREASTFEEDING & psychology , *PILOT projects , *STATISTICS , *ATTITUDES toward breastfeeding , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *PSYCHOLOGY of mothers , *TIME , *RESEARCH methodology , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *CASE-control method , *MOTHER-infant relationship , *HEALTH status indicators , *MANN Whitney U Test , *FISHER exact test , *REGRESSION analysis , *T-test (Statistics) , *COMPARATIVE studies , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *RESEARCH funding , *POSTNATAL care , *ODDS ratio , *STATISTICAL sampling , *DATA analysis software - Abstract
We aimed to assess the feeding pattern and influencing factors within six weeks postpartum on exclusive breastfeeding duration among Chinese mothers. This study was conducted using 2:1 matched case-control study. Cases and controls were matched for maternal age, parity and mode of birth. A total of 210 women were included. Approximately 67.9% of women stopped exclusive breastfeeding within the first six weeks postpartum. Maternal non-exclusive breastfeeding intention, lower maternal educational level, mother-infant skin to skin contact over one hour, unsatisfied breastfeeding self-evaluation and maternal unhealthy condition within the first six weeks were risk factors for ceasing exclusive breastfeeding early. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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