Occurrence of diarrhoeal diseases in relation to infant feeding practices in a rural community in West Bengal, India
| Autor: | Krishnan Rajendran, P G Gupta, Saha Mr, S K Mondal, S N Sikder, Sircar Bk, Santanu Ghosh, S. K. Bhattacharya, Gupta Dn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Rural Population
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population Breastfeeding India Rate ratio Cohort Studies Medicine Humans Prospective Studies education Prospective cohort study education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine Survival Analysis Breast Feeding Logistic Models Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cohort Diarrhea Infantile Multivariate Analysis Infant Food business Breast feeding Demography Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 85(10) |
| ISSN: | 0803-5253 |
| Popis: | In a rural community-based prospective study, diarrhoea in relation to the feeding patterns of a cohort of infants was studied. A total of 148 infants between the ages of 0 and 2 months were enrolled and followed until the completion of 1 year of age. Survival analysis showed that by the fourth month of age exclusive breastfeeding dropped by 75%. The proportion of complementary breastfeeding increased from 18.6 to 52.9% during the same period and to 83.7% by the eighth month. This study clearly highlights the tendency for early switch over from exclusive breastfeeding to complementary breastfeeding. Early weaning was associated with an incidence rate ratio (IRR) of 3.02 (95% CI 1.043-8.802). The IRR of 3.02 and its confidence limits (1.043-8.02) suggest a significant protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding against diarrhoea in infants. The results of this study indicate that promotion of exclusive breastfeeding has a potential role to reduce the incidence of diarrhoea amongst infants. The findings of this study will be useful for Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme in reducing diarrhoeal morbidity. |
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