Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

To assess breastfeeding practices, focusing on the prevalence and the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay. A cross-sectional study of 1603 healthy women, who delivered healthy infants weighing more than 2500 g, was conducted in the area of Athens, Greece. Participants comple...

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Published in:Acta pædiatrica (Oslo) 2005-07, Vol.94 (7), p.928-934
Main Authors: PECHLIVANI, Fani, VASSILAKOU, Tonia, SARAFIDOU, Jasmin, ZACHOU, Themis, ANASTASIOU, Costas A, SIDOSSIS, Labros S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Feeding - epidemiology
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational Status
Female
General aspects
Greece - epidemiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Age
Medical sciences
Prevalence
Rooming-in Care
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:To assess breastfeeding practices, focusing on the prevalence and the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay. A cross-sectional study of 1603 healthy women, who delivered healthy infants weighing more than 2500 g, was conducted in the area of Athens, Greece. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire on the day they were discharged from the maternity ward. Classification of breastfeeding and recall period from birth to discharge were in accordance with the WHO criteria. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used to study determinants of exclusive breastfeeding initiation. Breastfeeding initiation was reported by 96.1% of the participants. However, exclusive breastfeeding was initiated only in 19.1% and predominant breastfeeding in 7.2% of the cases. The univariate analysis showed that maternal younger age, low educational level, unemployment, vaginal delivery, infant birthweight >3000 g, multiparity, early initiation of breastfeeding, rooming-in and awareness on the existence of breastfeeding centres were associated with higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding. Logistic regression analysis revealed that rooming-in (OR 3.72, p
ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
DOI:10.1080/08035250410023746