Breastfeeding practices in nursing mothers during COVID-19 pandemic: Dual center study in Karachi, Pakistan

To identify the breastfeeding practices in nursing mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Pediatrics and Gynecology & Obstetrics departments at two of the tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan from September 2020 to February 2021. Recently...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2023-04, Vol.39 (2), p.467-473
Main Authors: Bham, Shireen Qassim, Khan, Khalid Mahmood Ahmad, Munaver, Sagheera Anjum, Sharif, Umer Hayat Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Babies
Breast feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Childbirth & labor
Children
Congenital diseases
Coronaviruses
Counseling
COVID-19
Demographics
Disease transmission
Education
Epidemics
Ethics
Families & family life
Health aspects
Health insurance
Hospitals
Illiteracy
Interviews
Length of stay
Mortality
Mothers
Original
Pakistan
Pandemics
Pediatric nursing
Pediatrics
Questionnaires
Surveys
Womens health
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Summary:To identify the breastfeeding practices in nursing mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Pediatrics and Gynecology & Obstetrics departments at two of the tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan from September 2020 to February 2021. Recently delivered mothers and mothers of children till two years of age on breastfeeding/formula feed were consecutively enrolled. Of 484 participants, breastfeeding was practiced by 180 (37.2%) participants, formula-fed by 85 (17.6%), and mix feed by 219 (45.2%) participants. Out of 185 mothers who had to breastfeed previous babies, 80.2% of mothers still opted to breastfeed their newborns despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Breastfeeding practices exhibited higher incidence in illiterate mothers (aOR 0.229 95% CI 0.05-0.95, p- 0.042), housewives (aOR 0.35 95% CI 0.13-0.95 p-0.040) and shorter length of stay (aOR 0.290 95% CI 0.15-0.57, p- 0.001) while formula /mixed feeding was found higher in mothers with exposure to formula feeding in previous babies (aOR 17.842, 95% CI 8.33-38.19, p- 0.001) and mothers with pain after delivery (aOR 4.526, 95% CI 2.11-9.71, p-
ISSN:1682-024X
1681-715X
DOI:10.12669/pjms.39.2.6707