DURATION OF EXCLUSIVEBREAST FEEDING AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ITSEARLY CESSATION: A SURVEY AMONG MOTHERS
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/06/005897
- Lead Sponsor
- Ronu Augustine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Mothers early cessated EBF and those having infants 6months to 12 months of
age.
Mothers are attending the pediatric outpatient department and immunization
clinic and whose infants got admitted for minor ailments in the general
medical and surgical ward.
Exclusion Criteria
Mothers of infants with illness requiring a special diet, with malformations,
metabolic disorders and neurological problems.
Mothers those who are on special medicines.( drugs which are
contraindicated in lactation)
Mothers those who gave additional supplement for the limited period.(3
day
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Of the 200 mothers, <br/ ><br>40.5% mothers stopped exclusive breast feeding because of maternal factors only, <br/ ><br>14% due to social cultural factors, 28.5% due to infant factors alone, 6.5% due to <br/ ><br>familial factors, and 3% due to other factorsTimepoint: Of the 200 mothers, <br/ ><br>40.5% mothers stopped exclusive breast feeding because of maternal factors only, <br/ ><br>14% due to social cultural factors, 28.5% due to infant factors alone, 6.5% due to <br/ ><br>familial factors, and 3% due to other factors
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There is an association between duration of EBF and selected demographic variablesTimepoint: p value less than 0.05