Do Maternal Quality of Life and Breastfeeding Difficulties Influence the Continuation of Exclusive Breastfeeding?

Table 3

Means and standard deviations of the quality of life score, breastfeeding difficulties score, and intention to breastfeeding based on breastfeeding practices.

2 months postpartum	Exclusive breastfeeding; (𝑁=100)	Nonexclusive breastfeeding; (𝑁=247)	𝑃 value
	M ± Sd	M ± Sd
Domains of quality of life
Physical	66.7±17.3	61±16.9	0.005**
Mental	66.3±18.5	62.3±15.7	0.040*
Social	67.7±20.7	65.5±20.5	0.366
Environmental	69.7±14.9	68.4±14.6	0.450
Global	68.5±14.8	65.2±13.1	0.042*
Breastfeeding difficulties score	29.71±7.3	8.9±32.12	0.017*
Intention to breastfeeding	5.8±0.6	5.7±0.7	0.714
4 months postpartum	Exclusive breastfeeding; (𝑁=80)	Nonexclusive breastfeeding; (𝑁=267)
Domains of quality of life
Physical	67.2±17.4	61.3±17.5	0.001**
Mental	66.8±18.9	62.5±15.7	0.013*
Social	67.5±21.9	66.1±20.1	0.604
Environmental	69.0±14.9	68.8±14.6	0.720
Global	68.4±15.1	65.5±11.2	0.025*
Breastfeeding difficulties score	29.9±7.1	31.9±8.9	0.063
Intention to breastfeeding	5.8±0.6	5.7±0.7	0.323

^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; 𝑡-test.