On the Relationship between Social Support and Early Breastfeeding Termination

Autor: Sanaz Fayazi, Marzieh Faghani Aghoozi, Shahnaz Tork Zahrani, Mohaddeseh Karimi Khoshal, Malihe Amerian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
Popis: Background: There is no substitute to mother breastfeeding; on the one hand, mothers need all-out support, especially in the first days after delivery, which is one of the effective factors for women’s success in breastfeeding. Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social support and early termination of breastfeeding. Methods: This retrospective study examined the degree of social support for mothers embarking on early termination of breastfeeding. It covered a group of 235 individuals (150 individuals in the control group and 85 in the experimental group) as its participants. The data were collected through three separate questionnaires: The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Questionnaire, the demographic questionnaire and the researcher-made questionnaire of evaluation of breastfeeding. The T-test, Mann-Whitney, chi-square and logistic regression tests were used for analysis by SPSS 16. Results: The results revealed that compared to mothers in the experimental group, unwanted pregnancies (p=0.001) and caesarian section deliveries (p=0.007) were significantly more observed in the control group mothers. Those characterized by termination of breastfeeding received (about 22 times) weaker social support compared to the breastfeeding mothers (p
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