Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq

Background: Breast milk was the full required physiological food of human infants. Optimally  initiation of immediate breastfeeding exclusively after birth until 6 months of infant age, and keeping infant on breastfeeding with age dependent and appropriately  introducing complementary foods to the...

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Main Authors: Kareem Assi Obaid, Aseel Jasem Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of medicine/ University of Diyala 2018-08-01
Series:Diyala Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/96
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description Background: Breast milk was the full required physiological food of human infants. Optimally  initiation of immediate breastfeeding exclusively after birth until 6 months of infant age, and keeping infant on breastfeeding with age dependent and appropriately  introducing complementary foods to the age of to  two or longer. Objective: To investigate the feeding cost and relationship between the feeding types in the first year of infant life, and infant morbidity. Patients and Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional study done in Al-Batool teaching hospital and Al-Zahra hospital of Diyala province during the period from October 2014 to March 2015, 100 cases of infant at one year of age have be included in the study regardless of medical reason of hospital admission, divided into three groups of infants breast feeding exclusively, bottle feeding exclusively and mixed type of both bottle and breast feeding. This study is considered as to investigate the relationship between feeding type in the first year of infant life, and infant and maternal co-morbidities. Results: One hundred cases were included in the study, 51 males infant and 49 females included in the sample, according to feeding type the study revealed that31 breast feeding, 34 bottle feeding, 35 mixed feeding. The current study demonstrate that 69 delivered by section among them 14 breast feeding, 32 bottle feeding and 22 mixed feeding while 31 delivered by normal vaginal delivery including 15 breast feeding, 9 bottle feeding and 7 mixed feeding only. Regarding post partum maternal weight loss we found 81 had significant weight loss among them 30 breast feeding, 15 bottle feeding and 16 mixed feeding. According to the study of fetal diseases demonstrated that 68 infant developed diarrhea among them 14 breast feeding,29 bottle feeding and 25 mixed feeding , 47 had urinary tract infection  9 of them breast feeding 20 had bottle feeding, 32  infant had constipation five of them breast feeding , 14 bottle feeding and 13 mixed feeding. Conclusion: The duration of breastfeeding showed a decline with decreasing maternal age, multiparous with low level of education living in rural communities with low socio-economic class were more likely to breastfeed, indicating that economic and experience status highly influencing feeding choice to review our studies on breastfeeding
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spelling doaj.art-06c3983f5b414041a8fa81b8a47fb9312023-11-18T23:18:18ZengCollege of medicine/ University of DiyalaDiyala Journal of Medicine2219-97642617-89822018-08-01132Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, IraqKareem Assi ObaidAseel Jasem Mohammed Background: Breast milk was the full required physiological food of human infants. Optimally  initiation of immediate breastfeeding exclusively after birth until 6 months of infant age, and keeping infant on breastfeeding with age dependent and appropriately  introducing complementary foods to the age of to  two or longer. Objective: To investigate the feeding cost and relationship between the feeding types in the first year of infant life, and infant morbidity. Patients and Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional study done in Al-Batool teaching hospital and Al-Zahra hospital of Diyala province during the period from October 2014 to March 2015, 100 cases of infant at one year of age have be included in the study regardless of medical reason of hospital admission, divided into three groups of infants breast feeding exclusively, bottle feeding exclusively and mixed type of both bottle and breast feeding. This study is considered as to investigate the relationship between feeding type in the first year of infant life, and infant and maternal co-morbidities. Results: One hundred cases were included in the study, 51 males infant and 49 females included in the sample, according to feeding type the study revealed that31 breast feeding, 34 bottle feeding, 35 mixed feeding. The current study demonstrate that 69 delivered by section among them 14 breast feeding, 32 bottle feeding and 22 mixed feeding while 31 delivered by normal vaginal delivery including 15 breast feeding, 9 bottle feeding and 7 mixed feeding only. Regarding post partum maternal weight loss we found 81 had significant weight loss among them 30 breast feeding, 15 bottle feeding and 16 mixed feeding. According to the study of fetal diseases demonstrated that 68 infant developed diarrhea among them 14 breast feeding,29 bottle feeding and 25 mixed feeding , 47 had urinary tract infection  9 of them breast feeding 20 had bottle feeding, 32  infant had constipation five of them breast feeding , 14 bottle feeding and 13 mixed feeding. Conclusion: The duration of breastfeeding showed a decline with decreasing maternal age, multiparous with low level of education living in rural communities with low socio-economic class were more likely to breastfeed, indicating that economic and experience status highly influencing feeding choice to review our studies on breastfeeding https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/96Brest feeding, Bottle feeding, Diyala province, Iraq.
spellingShingle Kareem Assi Obaid
Aseel Jasem Mohammed
Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
Diyala Journal of Medicine
Brest feeding, Bottle feeding, Diyala province, Iraq.
title Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
title_full Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
title_fullStr Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
title_short Breast feeding and co-morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of Diyala Province, Baquba, Iraq
title_sort breast feeding and co morbidities on mothers and infants in two main hospitals of diyala province baquba iraq
topic Brest feeding, Bottle feeding, Diyala province, Iraq.
url https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/96
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