Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Breastfeeding is important to the health of the infant and a pregnant woman, however the rate of breastfeeding in Curitiba-PR is the lowest among the Brazilian capitals.Objective: to identify the clinical profile and assess the knowledge about breastfeeding received during the prenatal period of recent mothers admitted in the Accommodation Service Set of maternity Clinics Hospital of the Federal University of Paraná.Methods: observational, analytical study, transversal and prospective, performed from the application and analysis of a questionnaire.Included all the recent mothers who have had their newborns with gestational age more than 36 weeks, were excluded those not breast-fed in the first 24:00 hours, who did not have the delivery performed in the study service and those who refused to participate, resulting in 160.Results: the mean age was 28.5 ± 7.3 years (95% CI = 27.3 -29.6) and 28.6% of the pregnant women were primiparous.Of the 160 postpartum women, 71.3% received information about breastfeeding during prenatal care, and the information was given by the nurse in 87.7%.For 98.1% of postpartum mothers, breastfeeding has advantages, with 74.5% cited advantages for the mother, 99.3% for the baby and 22.5% for the family.75.6% of postpartum women were oriented about problems in breastfeeding.Among the participants, 86.9% achieved the time of exclusive breastfeeding and 61.3% the recommended time.Conclusions: the mothers had good knowledge about breastfeeding, although almost 29% did not receive information during prenatal care.In this context, it is critical that women receive adequate and efficient information about breastfeeding.
Source: Jornal Paranaense de Pediatria
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3040325844