Banco de leite humano: o apoio à amamentação e a duração do aleitamento materno exclusivo

To identify which sociodemographic factors are associated with early weaning and compare the duration of exclusive breast feeding between mothers which received counseling about maternal feeding and mothers which was not guided for these practices METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 25 mothers that received counseling about the benefits of maternal feeding in the human milk bank and 25 from a university hospital that were not counseled. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire addressing mother-related data, the infant and the breastfeeding in the first semester. Comparison and odds ratio were the statistical analyses adopted RESULTS: There was not a significant difference of the duration of exclusive breast-feeding between the two groups (p = 0,524). Among mothers in the human milk bank group that discontinued early exclusive breast-feeding, fewer children (p=0,034) and a higher frequency of maternal work (p = 0,022) were observed. Wile, in the university hospital group low education (p Identificar quais fatores sociodemograficos estao associados ao desmame precoce e comparar a duracao do aleitamento materno exclusivo entre maes que receberam orientacoes sobre aleitamento materno e maes que nao receberam METODO: Estudo transversal realizado com 25 maes orientadas sobre aleitamento materno no Banco de Leite Humano e 25 nao orientadas, provenientes de um Hospital Universitario. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionario estruturado abordando dados relacionados a mae, ao lactente e ao aleitamento materno no primeiro semestre. Comparacao e razao de chances foram as analises estatisticas adotadas RESULTADOS: Nao houve diferenca significativa na duracao do aleitamento materno exclusivo entre os grupos (p = 0,524). Entre as maes que interromperam precocemente o aleitamento materno exclusivo, menor numero de filhos (p = 0,034) e maior frequencia de trabalho materno (p = 0,022) foram observados. Ja, no segundo grupo a baixa escolaridade (p