Tipos de aleitamento e sua associação a fatores sociodemográficos e sofrimento psíquico

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the interference of social and demographic factors that may interfere with breastfeeding. Methods: A prospective cohort study that monitored 122 mother-infant dyads, born between August 2014 and April 2017, in the child care sector in a Basic Health Unit and in the sector of preterm follow-up in a university hospital. Data were collected through an initial interview containing the sociodemographic, psychosocial and obstetric variables; two psychological risk early detection routines were also used: Clinical Risk Indicators for Child Development in the first 18 months and PREAUT Signs at 4 and 9 months. Results: Artificial breastfeeding and the number of prenatal consultations less than or equal to five presented as well as pré-term born were statiscaly associated with higher percentages of mixed and artificial breast feeding than term babies whose mothers had more prenatal consultations. It can be observed absence of a statistically significant relation between psychicological risk and breastfeeding. Conclusions: The greater number of prenatal consultations and full-term birth are positively associated with breastfeeding.