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Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research 8/2007

01.10.2007 | Research Paper

The association between infant feeding pattern and mother’s quality of life in Taiwan

verfasst von: Yi-Chun Chen, Wei-Chu Chie, Shu-Chen Kuo, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Shio-Jean Lin, Pau-Chung Chen

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 8/2007

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Abstract

Background

This study compared the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of mothers using different infant feeding methods.

Methods

We used the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form (SF-36) to measure the HRQOL of 1,747 mothers and used the scores to look for associations with infant feeding methods (not breastfeeding, breastfeeding for <1 month, breastfeeding 1–5 months, and still breastfeeding at the 6th month). The mothers were chosen via a stratified sampling from the Taiwan national birth registration data between November and December 2003.

Results

HRQOL and breastfeeding duration were positively associated. Of the eight unadjusted domain scores of the SF-36, general health perception and mental health were significantly different among these four different infant feeding groups (P < 0.05). After controlling for potential confounding factors, mothers who breastfed for 6 months or longer had a higher HRQOL score than the other mothers. In addition, their physical functioning, general health perception and mental health scores were higher than those of mothers who did not breastfeed (P < 0.05). Mother’s family income and parity and child’s health status were also associated with mother’s quality of life.

Conclusions

Compared to the other mothers, mothers who breastfed for six moths or longer had better HRQOL. However, the limitation that this study was cross-sectional in design should be considered and further studies are needed.
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Metadaten
Titel
The association between infant feeding pattern and mother’s quality of life in Taiwan
verfasst von
Yi-Chun Chen
Wei-Chu Chie
Shu-Chen Kuo
Yu-Hsuan Lin
Shio-Jean Lin
Pau-Chung Chen
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2007
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 8/2007
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-007-9233-1

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