Correlation Between Maternal Knowledge of Breastfeeding and Infant Age (A Cross Sectional Analytical Study)

Abstract

Aim of the study is to determine the Relationship between the age of infants and the knowledge of Breastfeeding mothers. Knowledge of breastfeeding mothers is a vital part of the infant's life. Infant care depends on the handling of an infant by the mother. Mother’s education prevents the infants from infectious diseases. A secondary survey of the demographics of Pakistan 2013 to 2014 revealed that 1072 children aged 3 years and under were conducted. Multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to test the data. A secondary analysis of the demographics of Egypt revealed that 41% of infants were exclusively breastfed. 9% of infants had ARI symptoms. The sample size was 1340 infants under the age. The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted to check the correlation in Indonesia between the age of infants and the knowledge of breastfeeding women. A total of 50 mothers were selected for a research study. 76% of women were less knowledgeable. The attitude of women was 54 %. Working mothers comprised 66% of the population, and SMS education women comprised 44%. P-value was <0.02 of the alpha value of 0.05. The method and materials of the study are as follows. This research design is a cross-sectional analytical study on the role of an educated mother in breastfeeding. The setting of the study is a health facility in Karachi. The duration of the study is 3 months. Mothers of the area of Primary Health care in Karachi who have a breastfeeding child are the population of the study. The size of the study is 160, which included 80 breastfeeding women and 80 non-breastfeeding women. Sampling technique of the study is non probability purposive sampling?  Inclusion criteria of the study included Breast feeding mothers who are having 0-2 year old child. Non-breastfeeding mothers who are having 0-2 year old child. Exclusion criteria of the study are that the Mothers are not having breastfeeding child. Mothers are not willing to participate. Structure questionnaire form was used to collect the data for this cross sectional analytical study. Conclusion on average infants whose caregivers lack breastfeeding knowledge are older (15.22 months) compared to those whose caregivers have such knowledge (12.50 months). While both age distributions are roughly symmetrical, they show slight skewness in opposite direction. These variance and standard deviation are relatively close, indicating a similar range of ages in both groups. These findings may indicate a pattern where caregivers of younger infants are more likely to possess breastfeeding knowledge, or it could reflect a gradual decline in knowledge as the child grows older.