| Autor: |
Lin CH; Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan., Yang PR; Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan., Lee CP; Health Information and Epidemiology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan., Huang WY; Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan., Shih WT; Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan., Yang YH; Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.; Health Information and Epidemiology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan. |
| Abstrakt: |
Background: Mastitis is a common disorder among postpartum women. The discomfort and pain caused by mastitis may lead to the discontinuation of breastfeeding. Large-scale epidemiological studies examining mastitis are limited. Accordingly, the present study used a nationwide population-based database to collect information about all postpartum women in Taiwan to determine the incidence of and related factors for mastitis. Materials and Methods: This retrospective population-based study used the National Health Insurance Research Database to collect records of patients with mastitis during 2008-2017 and then linked the collected data to the Taiwan Birth Registry. We included women diagnosed as having lactational mastitis within 6 months of delivery. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to compare the risk of mastitis between parity in multiparous women. Results: We identified 1,686,167 deliveries in 1,204,544 women. 19,794 women with 20,163 deliveries had a medical claim for mastitis. The incidence proportion of mastitis for 6 months postpartum was ∼1.19% and highest during the first month after delivery. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that multiparous women with a history of mastitis were likely to experience mastitis again after subsequent deliveries (adjusted odds ratio = 5.86; 95% confidence interval = 5.21-6.58). The Kaplan-Meier curve indicated that primiparous women had a higher risk of mastitis than did multiparous women (log-rank test, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Mastitis generally occurred during the first month postpartum, and primiparous women had a higher risk of mastitis than did multiparous women. Furthermore, multiparous women with a history of mastitis had a 5.86-fold increased risk of recurrence during subsequent deliveries. |
