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Breastfeeding Patterns and Stress Among Lactating Women in Pune During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lactating mothers (n=126) residing in Pune, Maharashtra were interviewed to assess the prevalence of stress, rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), and its association with different demographic factors. 75.4% mothers were found to be moderately stressed. Rate of EBF was 62.7%. Moderate stress and t...

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Autores principales: Azad, Zainab, Muley, Arti, Medithi, Srujana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9160851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35348126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-022-2524-3
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description Lactating mothers (n=126) residing in Pune, Maharashtra were interviewed to assess the prevalence of stress, rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), and its association with different demographic factors. 75.4% mothers were found to be moderately stressed. Rate of EBF was 62.7%. Moderate stress and testing positive for COVID—19 were significantly negatively associated with EBF (P<0.001).
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spelling pubmed-91608512022-06-02 Breastfeeding Patterns and Stress Among Lactating Women in Pune During the COVID-19 Pandemic Azad, Zainab Muley, Arti Medithi, Srujana Indian Pediatr Research Letter Lactating mothers (n=126) residing in Pune, Maharashtra were interviewed to assess the prevalence of stress, rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), and its association with different demographic factors. 75.4% mothers were found to be moderately stressed. Rate of EBF was 62.7%. Moderate stress and testing positive for COVID—19 were significantly negatively associated with EBF (P<0.001). Springer India 2022-03-28 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9160851/ /pubmed/35348126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-022-2524-3 Text en © Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_short Breastfeeding Patterns and Stress Among Lactating Women in Pune During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort breastfeeding patterns and stress among lactating women in pune during the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9160851/
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