Factors Associated with Not Breastfeeding and Delaying the Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia

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ID15713256
AutoresFiras S Azzeh (0000-0002-1400-5465, Umm al-Qura University, autor correspondente), Awfa Y Alazzeh (University of Ha'il), Awfa Alazzeh (University of Ha'il), Haifa H Hijazi (Umm al-Qura University), Haifa Hijazi (Umm al-Qura University), Haneen Wazzan (Umm al-Qura University), Monya Jawharji (Umm al-Qura University), Abdelelah S Jazar (0000-0003-2432-8396, Umm al-Qura University), Abdelelah Jazar (Umm al-Qura University), Amira Filimban (Ministry of Health), Ali S Alshamrani (Maternity and Children's Hospital), Ali Alshamrani (Pediatric Department, Maternity and Children Hospital, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia), Mai Labani (Maternity and Children's Hospital), Taghreed Hasanain (Maternity and Children's Hospital), Ahmad A Obeidat (0000-0003-3712-7227, Taibah University), Ahmad Obeidat (Taibah University)
Ano2018
Volume5
Fascículo1
Páginas8-8
Data de publicação2018-01-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildren (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children5010008
PMID29301353
OpenAlexW2781571025
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas25

The objective of the study was to find the determinants related to not breastfeeding (BF) and others related to the delay in the early initiation of BF in the Mecca region, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study in the Maternity and Children Hospital and primary healthcare centers was performed. A questionnaire was filled by dietitians to 814 asymptomatic Saudi mothers. Determinants related to not BF and the delay in the early initiation of BF were determined by binary logistic regression, and the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were determined. Significant factors associated with not BF were not rooming-in infants in the mother's room (OR: 2.37; 95% CI: 1.66-3.41) and using a pacifier (OR: 1.62; 95% CI: 1.13-2.33). The most significant determinant of the early initiation of BF was the initiation of bottle feeding (OR: 18.16; 95% CI: 10.51-31.4), followed by not rooming-in infants in the mother's room (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.52-3.18), initiation of partial feeding (OR: 1.89; 95% CI: 1.3-2.74), uninformed mothers regarding the importance of BF (OR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.04-2.35), and cesarean sections (OR:1.42; 95% CI: 1.02-1.98). Risk factors affecting BF and the early initiation of BF in Mecca City should be highlighted in national campaigns to increase mothers' awareness and promote BF practice

Breastfeeding · Confidence interval · Logistic regression · Obstetrics · Odds ratio · Pacifier · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Medicine · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics