Research Article
Do Maternal Quality of Life and Breastfeeding Difficulties Influence the Continuation of Exclusive Breastfeeding?
Table 1
Women’s characteristics based on breastfeeding practices.
| | Variable | 2 months postpartum | 4 months postpartum | | EBF | Non-EBF | | EBF | Non-EBF | | | (%) or M ± SD | | (%) or M ± SD | |
| | Age | | | 0.870 | | | 0.297 | | Education | | | 0.031* | | | 0.063 | | Income | | | 0.688 | | | 0.785 | | BMI | | | 0.129 | | | 0.264 | | Occupation | | | | | | | | Yes | 12 (37.5) | 20 (62.5) | 0.291 | 9 (28.1) | 23 (71.9) | 0.502 | | No | 90 (28.6) | 225 (71.4) | 72 (22.9) | 243 (77.1) | | Mode of delivery | | | | | | | | Cesarean | 54 (30.3) | 124 (69.7) | 0.719 | 47 (26.4) | 131 (73.6) | 0.176 | | Vaginal delivery | 48 (28.6) | 120 (71.4) | 34 (20.2) | 134 (9.8) | | Parity | | | | | | | | Primiparity | 52 (25.7) | 150 (74.3) | 0.078 | 40 (19.8) | 162 (80.2) | 0.066 | | Multiparity | 49 (34.5) | 96 (65.5) | 41 (28.3) | 104 (71.7) | | Desirability of pregnancy | | | | | | | | Yes | 88 (28.9) | 217 (71.1) | 0.706 | 69 (22.6) | 236 (77.4) | 0.549 | | No | 13 (31.7) | 28 (68.3) | 11 (26.8) | 30 (73.2) | | Health | | | | | | | | Healthy | 98 (30.1) | 228 (69.9) | 0.602 | 79 (24.2) | 247 (75.8) | 0.263 | | Patient | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | 2 (11.1) | 16 (88.9) | | Postpartum rehospitalization | | | | | | | | Yes | 7 (35) | 13 (65) | 0.589 | 6 (30) | 14 (70) | 0.322 | | No | 95 (29.3) | 229 (70.7) | 75 (23.1) | 249 (76.9) | | Previous breastfeeding experience | | | | | | | | Yes | 47 (36.7) | 81 (63.3) | 0.022* | 38 (29.7) | 90 (70.3) | 0.033* | | No | 55 (25.1) | 164 (74.9) | 43 (19.6) | 176 (80.4) |
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; -test; chi-square test; Fisher's exact test; exclusive breastfeeding.
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