Prevalence of and risk factors for perceived absence of breast milk supply in Chinese lactating women in 2013
OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of postpartum perceived absence of breast milk supply among Chinese mothers in 2013.METHODS This is a cross-sectional study based on the data collected from children and mothers under 2 years of age in 2013 as part of the nutrition and health surveillance of Chinese residents.In this study,multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select subjects from 55 countires/districts in 30 provinces in China.The perceived absence of breast milk supply was defined as the mother's self-reported absence of breast milk and failure to breastfeed.Breastfeeding knowledge,maternal breastfeeding knowledge and general characteristics were collected through a structured questionnaire.Univariate analysis and Logistic regression were used to analyze the factors associated with perceived absence of breast milk supply.RESULTS A total of 12091 mothers were included in the study,including 419 in the perceived non-breastfeeding group,the prevalence of perceived absence of breast milk supply was 3.5％.Multivariate Logistic regression showed maternal age(OR=1.04,95％CI 1.02-1.06),postpartum hemorrhage(OR=2.03,95％CI 1.30-3.16),and belief that breastfeeding should continue beyond 12 months of age(OR=0.27,95％CI 0.17-0.45),not knowing how to breastfeed(OR=3.31,95％CI:2.31-4.74)were the main influencing factors for perceived absence of breast milk supply after delivery.CONCLUSION Age,postpartum hemorrhage and knowledge level of breastfeeding are the main risk factors for perceived absence of breast milk supply,and knowledge level of breastfeeding is a modifiable factor.
breastfeedingperceived absence of breast milk supplyinfluencing factorslactating womencross-sectional study
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