Prevalence and Predictive Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding at Six Months among Thai Adolescent Mothers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Conceptual Framework
1.2. Key Messages
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design and Setting
2.2. Participants
2.3. Ethics Consideration
2.4. Measurement
2.5. Data Collection
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Adolescent Mothers
3.2. Predictive Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding among Thai Adolescent Mothers
4. Discussion
4.1. Predictive Factors of EBF
4.2. Occupation (Work/Study)
4.3. Digital Technology Literacy (DTL)
4.4. Family Support
4.5. Pregnancy Intention
4.6. Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy
4.7. Perceived Benefits of Breastfeeding
5. Conclusions and Implementation
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Breastfeeding at Six Months | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Exclusive breastfeeding | 44 | 17.39 |
Non-exclusive breastfeeding | 209 | 82.61 |
Breastfeeding with formula | 69 | 33.01 |
Not breastfeeding (formula) | 140 | 66.99 |
Personal Characteristics | Total (n = 253) | EBF (n = 44) | Non-EBF (n = 209) | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 17.81 (1.28) | 17.73 (1.37) | 17.83 (1.27) | 0.622 |
13–16 | 32 (12.65%) | 7 (15.91%) | 25 (11.96%) | |
17–19 | 221 (87.35%) | 37 (84.09%) | 184 (88.04%) | |
Marital status | 0.535 | |||
Separated/divorced | 49 (19.37%) | 10 (22.73%) | 39 (18.66%) | |
Married | 204 (80.63%) | 34 (77.27%) | 170 (81.34%) | |
Education | 0.694 | |||
Primary school | 13 (5.14%) | 3 (6.82%) | 10 (4.78%) | |
Senior high school | 134 (52.96%) | 21 (47.73%) | 113 (54.07%) | |
Junior high school/Vocational school | 106 (41.90%) | 20 (45.45%) | 86 (41.15%) | |
Occupation (work/study) | 0.011 | |||
Employed/studying | 202 (79.84%) | 29 (65.91%) | 173 (82.78%) | |
Unmployed/housewife | 51 (20.16%) | 15 (34.09%) | 36 (17.22%) |
Selected Variables | Total | EBF (n = 44) | Non-EBF (n = 209) | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Digital technology literacy | 11.63 (5.79) | 16.00 (3.01) | 10.74 (5.82) | <0.001 |
Pregnancy intention | 4.39 (3.63) | 6.07 (3.89) | 4.04 (3.48) | 0.001 |
Perceived benefits of breastfeeding | 24.96 (5.03) | 26.05 (3.72) | 24.74 (5.24) | <0.001 |
Perceived barriers to breastfeeding | 4.33 (4.06) | 3.10 (2.03) | 4.78 (4.21) | 0.322 |
Breastfeeding self-efficacy | 52.23 (13.68) | 60.64 (13.16) | 50.52 (13.16) | <0.001 |
Family support | 76.64 (17.20) | 82.26 (17.33) | 75.50 (16.99) | 0.011 |
Perceived maternity care practice | 8.81 (1.01) | 9.05 (0.31) | 8.76 (1.09) | 0.126 |
Variables | Odds Ratio | B | S.E. | Wald | 95% CI | p-Value | |
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Lower | Upper | ||||||
Age (years) | |||||||
13–16 vs. 17–19 | 1.65 | 0.50 | 0.81 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 8.11 | 0.541 |
Marital status | |||||||
Separated/divorced vs. married | 1.32 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 3.89 | 0.616 |
Education | |||||||
Primary school | Reference | ||||||
Senior high school | 2.88 | 1.06 | 1.29 | 0.67 | 0.23 | 36.01 | 0.413 |
Junior high school/vocational school | 1.13 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 2.85 | 0.799 |
Occupation | |||||||
Employed vs. unemployed | 2.73 | 1.00 | 0.47 | 4.50 | 1.08 | 6.89 | 0.034 |
Digital technology literacy | 1.24 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 14.53 | 1.11 | 1.39 | <0.001 |
Family support | 1.38 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 5.60 | 1.17 | 2.31 | 0.021 |
Pregnancy intention | 1.24 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 10.78 | 1.09 | 1.41 | 0.001 |
Breastfeeding self-efficacy | 1.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 5.78 | 1.01 | 1.10 | 0.016 |
Perceived benefits of breastfeeding | 1.79 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 8.50 | 1.67 | 1.93 | 0.004 |
Perceived barriers to breastfeeding | 0.96 | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.88 | 1.06 | 0.424 |
Perceived maternity care practice | 1.96 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 1.25 | 0.60 | 6.35 | 0.263 |
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Thaithae, S.; Yimyam, S.; Polprasarn, P. Prevalence and Predictive Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding at Six Months among Thai Adolescent Mothers. Children 2023, 10, 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040682
Thaithae S, Yimyam S, Polprasarn P. Prevalence and Predictive Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding at Six Months among Thai Adolescent Mothers. Children. 2023; 10(4):682. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040682
Chicago/Turabian StyleThaithae, Suparp, Susanha Yimyam, and Pridsadaporn Polprasarn. 2023. "Prevalence and Predictive Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding at Six Months among Thai Adolescent Mothers" Children 10, no. 4: 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040682