Quispe-Ilanzo MP, Oyola-García AE, Navarro-Cancino M, Silva-Mancilla JA

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding is the only one that can give optimal nutrition for the infant up to six months of age, but a third of the mothers do not provide it.
Objective: To determine the maternal characteristics and beliefs associated with the abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending the Growth and Development Service of the Hospital "Félix Torrealva Gutiérrez" - EsSalud from the department of Ica.
Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out in 160 mothers who completed the delivery and were attended at the "Félix Torrealva Gutiérrez" Hospital Growth and Development Service - EsSalud with their infants from one to six months of age.
Results: The abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding was observed in 61 (38.13 %) mothers. It was more frequent in mothers aged between 30 and 49 years (36, 46.75 %, p=0.030), with family income >S/.1,000 (39; 32.56 %; p=0.000), single (2; 100.00 %; p=0.0001), lvivng with full or incomplete upper education (49; 42.98 %; p=0.046), workers (43; 70.49 %; p=0.000), living in noble material houses (59; 49.58 %; p=0.000), from the coast (59; 50.43 %; 0.000) and abdominal (15; 45.45 %; 0.331). Maternal beliefs:"If I drink cold drinks, I cannot breastfeed my baby" and "If I eat beans, it is cause for not breastfeeding my baby", as well as the discrepancy with the statement "The exclusive breastfeeding is enough to satisfy my baby when hungry" , were associated with the abandonment of the EBF (p <0.05).
Conclusions: Maternal characteristics and beliefs are associated with the abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding, especially when in women with better income.