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Article

Factors Associated with (Exclusive) Breastfeeding Duration—Results of the SUKIE-Study

by
Bernadette Bürger
1,2,*,
Karin Schindler
3,4,
Tanja Tripolt
1,
Antonia Griesbacher
1,
Hans Peter Stüger
1,
Karl-Heinz Wagner
2,
Adelheid Weber
3 and
Alexandra Wolf-Spitzer
1
1
Division Integrative Risk Assessment, Data and Statistics, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Vienna, Austria
2
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
3
Care and Consumer Protection, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria
4
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2022, 14(9), 1704; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091704
Submission received: 30 March 2022 / Revised: 15 April 2022 / Accepted: 15 April 2022 / Published: 20 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pediatric Nutrition in Different Countries)
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Abstract

The WHO European Region has the lowest exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates at 6 months in the world. In Austria, 55.5% of infants are EBF at the age of one week, although breastfeeding initiation is 97.5%. The study was conducted in 2019/2020 and considered 1214 mothers of legal age, who received four online questionnaires during their child’s first year of life. The influence of different variables on total/exclusive breastfeeding duration were analysed by using a Cox model (Extension of the Cox Proportional Hazards Model) with time-dependent covariates. Multivariate analyses showed a significant influence of maternal BMI, lifestyle factors, such as smoking, and breastfeeding support on total breastfeeding duration. Remarkable differences in the median duration of any breastfeeding were found for breastfeeding support, where mothers breastfed twice as long. Support came primarily from hospital staff, the midwife and the partner. A higher monthly household net income, delivery in a baby-friendly certified hospital (BFH) and breastfeeding support were associated with a longer EBF duration. Obese mothers started feeding infant formula earlier and had a higher risk of early weaning. The results offer valuable insights into the importance of breastfeeding-friendly structures such as BFHs, a focus on breastfeeding aftercare and support of the mother to promote and protect breastfeeding.
Keywords: breastfeeding; exclusive breastfeeding; breastfeeding duration; exclusive breastfeeding duration; factors influencing; longitudinal; monitoring; infant formula breastfeeding; exclusive breastfeeding; breastfeeding duration; exclusive breastfeeding duration; factors influencing; longitudinal; monitoring; infant formula

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Bürger, B.; Schindler, K.; Tripolt, T.; Griesbacher, A.; Stüger, H.P.; Wagner, K.-H.; Weber, A.; Wolf-Spitzer, A. Factors Associated with (Exclusive) Breastfeeding Duration—Results of the SUKIE-Study. Nutrients 2022, 14, 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091704

AMA Style

Bürger B, Schindler K, Tripolt T, Griesbacher A, Stüger HP, Wagner K-H, Weber A, Wolf-Spitzer A. Factors Associated with (Exclusive) Breastfeeding Duration—Results of the SUKIE-Study. Nutrients. 2022; 14(9):1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091704

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Bürger, Bernadette, Karin Schindler, Tanja Tripolt, Antonia Griesbacher, Hans Peter Stüger, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Adelheid Weber, and Alexandra Wolf-Spitzer. 2022. "Factors Associated with (Exclusive) Breastfeeding Duration—Results of the SUKIE-Study" Nutrients 14, no. 9: 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091704

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Bürger, B., Schindler, K., Tripolt, T., Griesbacher, A., Stüger, H. P., Wagner, K.-H., Weber, A., & Wolf-Spitzer, A. (2022). Factors Associated with (Exclusive) Breastfeeding Duration—Results of the SUKIE-Study. Nutrients, 14(9), 1704. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091704

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