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Duration of Breastfeeding in Swedish Primiparous and Multiparous Women
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- Ekström, Anette (author)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för vård och natur
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- Widström, Ann-Marie (author)
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nissen, Eva (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för vård och natur
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- 2016-07-01
- 2003
- English.
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In: Journal of Human Lactation. - : Sage Publications. - 0890-3344 .- 1552-5732. ; 19:2, s. 172-178
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- The aim of this study was to describe the effects of sociodemographicfactors and maternity ward practices on the duration of breastfeedingin Swedish primiparas (n = 194) and multiparas (n = 294), consecutivelyselected from hospital birth files for 3 months, who respondedto a questionnaire 9 to 12 months after childbirth. The impactof sociodemographic data and maternity ward practices on exclusiveand any breastfeeding were examined. Smoking and supplementationwithout medical reasons influenced the duration of both exclusiveand any breastfeeding negatively, whereas early first breastfeedinginfluenced the duration of both exclusive and any breastfeedingpositively, and parity had no significant influence. Late hospitaldischarge influenced the duration of exclusive breastfeedingpositively, and higher maternal age influenced the durationof any breastfeeding positively. These variables altogetherexplained 11.4% (P <.001) of the variance in the durationof exclusive breastfeeding and 8.2% (P <.001) of the durationof any breastfeeding
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Fysiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Physiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- breastfeeding
- parity
- maternity ward practices
- smoking
- hospital discharge
- Physiology
- Fysiologi
- Medical sciences
- Medicin
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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