Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration
Aim: An incrased duration of breastfeeding has many advantages for the child and mother. However little research to date has investigated the influence of maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy on the duration of breastfeeding. This study aimed to examine whether experience of life stre...
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| author | Li, Jianghong Kendall, Garth Henderson, Saraswathy Downie, Jill Landsborough, L. Oddy, Wendy |
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| description | Aim: An incrased duration of breastfeeding has many advantages for the child and mother. However little research to date has investigated the influence of maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy on the duration of breastfeeding. This study aimed to examine whether experience of life stress events, social contacts/support in pregnancy and postpartum emotional disturbance had an effect on breastfeeding duration. Methods: Using data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study for 2420 women follwed from 18 weeks gestation we analysed prevalent breastfeeding for 4 months or longer and its association with maternal pyschosocial and socio-demographic factors in pregnancy, using multivariable logistic regressions. Results: Experience of stressful life events during pregnancy increased the odds for the early cessation of prevalent breastfeeding (OR 1.34, p < 0.05, 95% Cl 1.04-1.71) independent of maternal socio-demographic characteristics and biomedical factors. Stress events associated with separation or divorce, financial problems and residential moves in pregnancy were important predictors for a shorter duration of prevalent breastfeeding. Conclusion: Experience of stressful life events during pregnancy increased the odds for the early cessaton of prevalent breastfeeding. Interventions that move beyond hospital-based antenatal care to address the causes of maternal stress in pregancy and socioeconomic disparities between women are required to increase breastfeeding duration. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-164122017-09-13T15:55:51Z Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration Li, Jianghong Kendall, Garth Henderson, Saraswathy Downie, Jill Landsborough, L. Oddy, Wendy Breastfeeding duration Stressful life events in - pregnancy Postnatal emotional - disturbances - Socio-demographic factors Social contact and support Aim: An incrased duration of breastfeeding has many advantages for the child and mother. However little research to date has investigated the influence of maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy on the duration of breastfeeding. This study aimed to examine whether experience of life stress events, social contacts/support in pregnancy and postpartum emotional disturbance had an effect on breastfeeding duration. Methods: Using data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study for 2420 women follwed from 18 weeks gestation we analysed prevalent breastfeeding for 4 months or longer and its association with maternal pyschosocial and socio-demographic factors in pregnancy, using multivariable logistic regressions. Results: Experience of stressful life events during pregnancy increased the odds for the early cessation of prevalent breastfeeding (OR 1.34, p < 0.05, 95% Cl 1.04-1.71) independent of maternal socio-demographic characteristics and biomedical factors. Stress events associated with separation or divorce, financial problems and residential moves in pregnancy were important predictors for a shorter duration of prevalent breastfeeding. Conclusion: Experience of stressful life events during pregnancy increased the odds for the early cessaton of prevalent breastfeeding. Interventions that move beyond hospital-based antenatal care to address the causes of maternal stress in pregancy and socioeconomic disparities between women are required to increase breastfeeding duration. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16412 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00602.x Wiley-Blackwell restricted |
| spellingShingle | Breastfeeding duration Stressful life events in - pregnancy Postnatal emotional - disturbances - Socio-demographic factors Social contact and support Li, Jianghong Kendall, Garth Henderson, Saraswathy Downie, Jill Landsborough, L. Oddy, Wendy Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title | Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title_full | Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title_fullStr | Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title_short | Maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| title_sort | maternal psychosocial well-being in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration |
| topic | Breastfeeding duration Stressful life events in - pregnancy Postnatal emotional - disturbances - Socio-demographic factors Social contact and support |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16412 |