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DURATION OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS EARLY CESSATION: A SURVEY AMONG MOTHERS

ASSESS THE DURATION OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS EARLY CESSATION.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2015/06/005897
Enrollment
200
Registered
2015-06-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Ronu Augustine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Mothers early cessated EBF and those having infants 6months to 12 months of age. Mothers are attending the pediatric outpatient department and immunization clinic and whose infants got admitted for minor ailments in the general medical and surgical ward.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mothers of infants with illness requiring a special diet, with malformations, metabolic disorders and neurological problems. Mothers those who are on special medicines.( drugs which are contraindicated in lactation) Mothers those who gave additional supplement for the limited period.(3 day

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Of the 200 mothers, 40.5% mothers stopped exclusive breast feeding because of maternal factors only, 14% due to social cultural factors, 28.5% due to infant factors alone, 6.5% due to familial factors, and 3% due to other factorsTimepoint: Of the 200 mothers, 40.5% mothers stopped exclusive breast feeding because of maternal factors only, 14% due to social cultural factors, 28.5% due to infant factors alone, 6.5% due to familial factors, and 3% due to other factors

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
There is an association between duration of EBF and selected demographic variablesTimepoint: p value less than 0.05

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRevSr Winnifred D Souza

Father Muller college Of Nursing

sr.winnifred@rediffmail.com9739715213

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026