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Associated Factors of Exclusive Breastfeeding Intention among Pregnant Women in Najran, Saudi Arabia

The exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) intention conceived by pregnant women is the most important predictor of breastfeeding (BF) initiation, duration, and continuation. This study explores the associated factors of EBF intention among pregnant women. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conduct...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Heba A., Alshahrani, Mohammed A., Al-Thubaity, DaifAllah D., Sayed, Samiha H., Almedhesh, Sultan A., Elgzar, Wafaa T.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10346557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37447377
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15133051
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author Ibrahim, Heba A.
Alshahrani, Mohammed A.
Al-Thubaity, DaifAllah D.
Sayed, Samiha H.
Almedhesh, Sultan A.
Elgzar, Wafaa T.
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Alshahrani, Mohammed A.
Al-Thubaity, DaifAllah D.
Sayed, Samiha H.
Almedhesh, Sultan A.
Elgzar, Wafaa T.
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description The exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) intention conceived by pregnant women is the most important predictor of breastfeeding (BF) initiation, duration, and continuation. This study explores the associated factors of EBF intention among pregnant women. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from November 2022 to January 2023 with 382 pregnant women who came to the outpatient clinic in the Maternal and Children Hospital (MCH). Four instruments were used for data collection: the Infant Feeding Intention scale, the Gender-Friendly BF Knowledge scale (GFBKS), the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude scale (IIFAS), and the basic data questionnaire. The study findings indicated that 51.8% and 75.9% of gravida women had adequate knowledge and a positive attitude regarding BF. Furthermore, 56.3% of the participants had a high intention for EBF. Binary logistic regression illustrated that occupational status, antenatal care, plan for the current pregnancy, BF practice, last child delivery mode, medical disorder during the current pregnancy, age, BF knowledge, and attitude are potential predictors. The goodness of fit test revealed that 46.8% of the EBF intention could be anticipated through the positive pre-mentioned factors. The low EBF intention is modifiable by addressing the previously positive predictors. BF educational interventions should be tailored based on EBF intention predictors in order to be effective and lead to behavior change.
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spelling pubmed-103465572023-07-15 Associated Factors of Exclusive Breastfeeding Intention among Pregnant Women in Najran, Saudi Arabia Ibrahim, Heba A. Alshahrani, Mohammed A. Al-Thubaity, DaifAllah D. Sayed, Samiha H. Almedhesh, Sultan A. Elgzar, Wafaa T. Nutrients Article The exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) intention conceived by pregnant women is the most important predictor of breastfeeding (BF) initiation, duration, and continuation. This study explores the associated factors of EBF intention among pregnant women. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from November 2022 to January 2023 with 382 pregnant women who came to the outpatient clinic in the Maternal and Children Hospital (MCH). Four instruments were used for data collection: the Infant Feeding Intention scale, the Gender-Friendly BF Knowledge scale (GFBKS), the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude scale (IIFAS), and the basic data questionnaire. The study findings indicated that 51.8% and 75.9% of gravida women had adequate knowledge and a positive attitude regarding BF. Furthermore, 56.3% of the participants had a high intention for EBF. Binary logistic regression illustrated that occupational status, antenatal care, plan for the current pregnancy, BF practice, last child delivery mode, medical disorder during the current pregnancy, age, BF knowledge, and attitude are potential predictors. The goodness of fit test revealed that 46.8% of the EBF intention could be anticipated through the positive pre-mentioned factors. The low EBF intention is modifiable by addressing the previously positive predictors. BF educational interventions should be tailored based on EBF intention predictors in order to be effective and lead to behavior change. MDPI 2023-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10346557/ /pubmed/37447377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15133051 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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