Motinos socialinių, psichologinių, biomedicininių bei naujagimio veiksnių įtaka vaiko žindymo trukmei

Object. To evaluate maternal social, biomedical and newborn factor’s impact on mother’s own milk feeding duration. Methods. A questionnaire research was performed. 282 mothers who gave birth in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital Kaunas clinics were selected randomly. Participants were interviewed during a hospital stay, after 12 and 29 mos. since giving birth. Statistical data analysis was performed. Results. The average duration of breastfeeding was 11,24±8,74 mos. Statistically significant factors were found to influence the duration of breastfeeding: mother’s age, education, siblings, pregnancy classes, mother’s analgesia during birth, pregnancy health issues, newborn’s weight at birth, APGAR score, gestational age, skin-to-skin contact, early breastfeeding initiation, newborn’s location in a hospital, planned breastfeeding duration. Pacifier shortened the duration of breastfeeding when given in the first 6 mos. of life. The most common reasons to discontinue breastfeeding were absence/lack of breast milk and mother’s decision to stop. Conclusions. Women who have risk factors listed above should be considered at risk for shorter breastfeeding.