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´ëÇÑ°£È£ÇÐȸÁö 2012 Volume.42 No. 2 p.181 ~ p.189
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Breast Feeding Rates and Factors Influencing Breast Feeding Practice in Late Preterm Infants: Comparison with Preterm Born at Less than 34 Weeks of Gestational Age
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Jang Gun-Ja
Lee Sang-Lak Kim Hyun-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to compare breast feeding rates and factors influencing feeding practice between late preterm (34¡ÂGA<37) and preterm infants (GA<34).
Methods: A survey was done of 207 late preterm and 117 preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) of 4 university hospitals in D city. Data were collected from July 2009 to June 2010 from 324 medical records in the NICU. Breast-feeding at home was checked either by telephone survey or questioning during hospital visits.
Results: Rate of breast feeding for late preterm infants was significantly lower than for preterm infants. There was no significant difference in breast-feeding at home. We found differences in factors influencing breast feeding between the two groups. Factors influencing feeding for late preterm infants were type of delivery, mothers¡¯ occupation, feeding type during hospitalization, time elapse from hospital discharge, total admission days, infant¡¯s body weight at first feeding and length of NPO (nothing by mouth). Factors influencing feeding for preterm infants were birth order, maternal disease and obstetric complications, and one-minute Apgar score.
Conclusion: Results of the study show low rates of breast-feeding for late preterm infants indicating a need for breast-feeding education for mothers of these infants.
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KEYWORD
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Breast feeding, Premature infant, Gestational age
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