Factors associated with early weaning at a Child-Friendly Healthcare Initiative Hospitall

• Autor(a) principal: Granville-Garcia, Ana Flávia
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Lins, Ruthinéia Diógenes Alves Uchoa, Oliveira, Ana C. B., Paiva, Saul M., Sousa, Raulison V., Martins, Veruska, Silva, Maria S. P., Ferreira, Jainara M. S., Menezes, Valdenice A.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/22992; http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-65232012000300005
• topic: Breastfeeding; Risk factors; Early weaning

PURPOSE: Considering the benefits of breastfeeding on children's health, the aim of the present study was to determine factors associated with early weaning among children at a Child-Friendly Healthcare Initiative (CFHI) children's hospital in the city of Campina Grande, state of Paraíba, Brazil. METHODS: An analytical, cross-sectional study was carried out involving 800 mothers of children between 0 and 24 months of age at the Elpídio de Almeida Health Institute. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered and contained questions on socio-demographic characteristics, eating habits and nonnutritive sucking habits. The chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were employed for statistical analysis. A multivariate analysis was performed with variables that achieved a P-value < 0.25 in the bivariate analysis. RESULTS: The prevalence of early weaning was 13.5%. In the bivariate analysis, the factors associated with early weaning were income (P=0.001), child's birth weight (P=0.016), bottle feeding (P=0.003) and pacifier use (P<0.001). In the multivariate analysis, pacifier use remained significantly associated with early weaning (OR: 3.23; 95% CI: 1.871 to 5.591; P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Pacifier use was associated with early weaning, even when mothers were advised to avoid this habit.