Breastfeeding Practices and Their Association with Socio-Demographic Profile of Women Who Delivered Within Last One Year in Lahore, Pakistan

Momal khan; saim faisel; Iram  Manzoor; Saad Bin Saif; Sara  Firdous

doi:10.51273/esc23.251319419

Authors

Momal khan Akhtar saeed medical and dental college Lahore
saim faisel Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.
Iram Manzoor Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.
Saad Bin Saif Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.
Sara Firdous Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51273/esc23.251319419

Keywords:

Breastfeeding practices, infants, sociodemographic

Abstract

Objetive: To assess Breastfeeding practices and their association with sociodemographic profile of women who delivered within last one year in Lahore, Pakistan.
Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Akhtar Saeed Trust Teaching Hospital and Farooq Hospital Westwood branch Lahore from April 2022 to September 2022. A total of 210 record-based data of patients who delivered their babies in last one year in these hospitals were included. Nonprobability, convenience sampling technique was used. A self-structured questionnaire was used for data collection through phone calls. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 23. Association between variables was assessed by applying chi-square test of significance and p-value of <0.05 was taken significant.
Results: Mean age of the participants was 28±35 years. Out of total 210 study participants, the frequency of breastfeeding among women who delivered within last one year was 190(90%). Mothers who breastfeed their child shows significant association with provision of supplements to babies upon instruction by health care staff (p=0.00), not giving pre lacteal feed (p=0.00) and not using pacifiers (p=0.00)
Conclusion: Frequency of breastfeeding practices in the present study was optimal. Time of initiation breastfeeding after delivery, not giving pre lacteal feed, no use of pacifiers, mother's perception about recommendation of supplements to baby were strongly associated with maternal practice of breastfeeding.

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