Aleitamento materno e causas de desmame precoce em crianças nascidas em um Hospital Amigo da Criança

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Diego Zapelini do
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Silva, Denise Fragnani Luiz da, Perdoná, Vanessa de Castro, Marques, Gabriela Moreno, Schuelter-Trevisol, Fabiana, Martins, Ana Luísa Oenning
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://www.amrigs.org.br/revista/177; https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/2619
• topic: Aleitamento materno; Desmame precoce; Fórmulas infantis; Epidemiologia

Introduction: The importance of breastfeeding lies in the presence of numerous immunological factors that are only obtained through human milk, which protect children against the most varied infections. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and causes of early weaning in babies born in a municipality in southern Santa Catarina. Methods: A quantitative prevalence study nested within a prospective cohort study was conducted. The population studied was 169 children born at Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição between Jun and Sept 2012. Data collection was by interviews with the children's mothers, filling out diaries with information about the babies' health, and telephone contact with mothers. Mean, median and standard deviation were calculated for continuous variables and proportions for categorical variables. Pearson's chi-square test was used for the association between variables and Student's t test was used to compare the means. Results: 168 mothers were interviewed, 93 (55.4%) breastfeeding their children until the sixth month of life, and of these, only 29 (31.2%) breastfed exclusively. Conclusions: The prevalence of early weaning was 75 (44.6%) and the reasons most reported by mothers for the occurrence of weaning were absence of milk, work outside the home, child's crying and nipple cracks. Half of the studied population weaned before the sixth month of life and less than a third of the children were exclusively breastfed.