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ArticleClinical medicine insights. Pediatrics2017

Factors Influencing Exclusive Breastfeeding in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh A Alzaheb

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Article in Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03890978 (Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Via Mobile Phone Text Messages), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT03890978 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Via Mobile Phone Text Messages: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Southern Jordan

TypeinterventionalSponsorMutah UniversityRan2018 to 2019Enrolled201ConditionsBreastfeedingArmspromotional Exclusive breastfeeding text messages
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Riyadh A AlzahebDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreast milk contains all the nutrients infants need for their first 6 months of life. However, only a minority of Saudi Arabian mothers exclusively breastfeed, so the influencing factors must be examined to encourage more to do so. The study aimed to determine the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months and its associated factors in Tabuk, North West Saudi Arabia.

methodsA total of 589 mothers of healthy infants aged between 6 and 24 months were interviewed while attending Well-Baby Clinics within 5 primary health care centers. Interviews deployed a structured questionnaire to collect sociodemographic information and detailed data concerning breastfeeding practices. A logistic regression analysis was then performed on the data to identify the factors independently associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice for infants at 6 months.

resultsExclusive breastfeeding was practiced by 31.4% of mothers for the first 6 months of their infant's life. The logistic regressions indicated that exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months was less likely to be practiced by working mothers, Saudi nationals, and for babies born via cesarean delivery or at low birth weights. Conversely, the mother's awareness of the recommended exclusive breastfeeding duration was positively associated with exclusive breastfeeding.

conclusionsPrograms promoting 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding should target high-risk groups. Two factors identified by this study are modifiable: working mothers and mothers' awareness of the exclusive breastfeeding duration recommendation. Strategies to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates should therefore focus on workplace facilities and increasing awareness of the exclusive breastfeeding recommendation.

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