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Water consumption in 0-6-month-old healthy infants and effective factors: A systematic review

INTRODUCTION: Early introduction of fluids and water affects the duration of breastfeeding, the infant immune system, and possibly causes infants to consume less breast milk, which may, in turn, affect their nutritional and immune status. OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to determine water cons...

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Autores principales: Suzan, Özge Karakaya, Kaya, Özge, Kolukısa, Tuğçe, Koyuncu, Oğuz, Tecik, Seda, Çınar, Nursan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10506693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37433164
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6745
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Early introduction of fluids and water affects the duration of breastfeeding, the infant immune system, and possibly causes infants to consume less breast milk, which may, in turn, affect their nutritional and immune status. OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to determine water consumption in 0-6-month-old infants and the factors affecting this consumption. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature review was conducted in seven electronic databases (Medline, Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and TÜBITAK) for studies published until April 25, 2022, using the keywords: drinking water, infant, and breastfeeding. RESULTS: The systematic review included 13 studies. Five studies were crosssectional, three were descriptive and quasi-experimental, and the others were case-control and cohort studies. It was reported in the examined studies that 86.2% of the infants were around 6 weeks old, 44 % of the infants were 1 month old, 77% were 3 months old, 2.5% were 4 months old, and 2.5 to 85% of the infants were around 6 months old when they first consumed water. The prominent reasons for making the infants drink water are the thought that they need it and cultural reasons. CONCLUSIONS: The exclusive breastfeeding of 0-6-month-old infants is the recommendation of reliable health authorities. Nurses play a key role in implementing this practice. In this systematic review, it was seen that families gave their infants water at varying rates in the 0-6-month period, and the factors affecting this situation were revealed. If nurses determine which factors affect families in terms of the early introduction of fluids, they could be able to plan the necessary education and interventions.