Objective To explore the status quo and influencing factors of maternal breastfeeding motivation,and to provide basis for enacting intervention measures.Methods A total of 406 pregnant women and their spouses who were hospitalized for childbirth in two tertiary A hospitals in Huaihua were selected by convenience sampling method and investigated by breastfeeding motivation scale,breastfeeding knowledge scale,father support breastfeeding self-effi-cacy and Edinburgh postpartum depression scale.The random forest model and LASSO regression method were used to analyze the influencing factors of maternal breastfeeding motivation.Results The motivation level of maternal breast-feeding was(63.19±14.18).Fathers'self-efficacy in supporting breastfeeding,knowledge of breastfeeding,level of postpartum depression,pregnancy complications and per capita monthly family income were the influencing factors of breastfeeding motivation(all P<0.05),accounting for 51.5%of the variance,among which the first one was the pri-mary factor.Conclusions Maternal motivation for breastfeeding is above the medium level.Measures for nursing can be developed according to this model to improve the motivation and prolong the time of breastfeeding.
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