Al-Othman Abdulaziz M, Saeed Abdalla A, Bani Ibrahim A, Al-Murshed Khalid S
Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2002 Aug;23(8):909-14.
To study mothers' practices during pregnancy, lactation and care during the first 2 years.
A cross section study was carried out in 5 Primary Health Care Centres (PHCC) in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Two hundred and fifty women (50 from each PHCC) who have children less than 2-years of age who visited the selected PHCCs during the study period were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was collected via a questionnaire which contained sociodemographic characteristics of the mother and their children and mothers' practices during pregnancy, lactation and the care of their children.
Approximately 73% of the mothers breast fed their children initially but only 37.6% are currently breast feeding their children. The majority of the mothers started breast feeding during 1-8 hours after delivery, 63% added supplementary foods to their children at 4-8 months. The majority of mothers visited antenatal clinics during pregnancy, vaccinated their children and followed up their children in well baby clinics. Half of the mothers are currently using contraceptives and 19% are consuming less food during pregnancy. The mothers' educational level was the most important factor associated with mothers' practices.
Some mothers' practices during pregnancy, lactation and child care needs corrective intervention.
研究母亲在孕期、哺乳期及孩子出生后头两年的护理行为。
在沙特阿拉伯王国利雅得的5个初级卫生保健中心（PHCC）开展了一项横断面研究。通过系统随机抽样，选取了250名在研究期间前往选定的初级卫生保健中心就诊、孩子年龄小于2岁的女性（每个初级卫生保健中心50名）。通过一份问卷收集数据，问卷内容包括母亲及其子女的社会人口学特征，以及母亲在孕期、哺乳期和照顾子女方面的行为。
约73%的母亲最初对孩子进行母乳喂养，但目前只有37.6%的母亲仍在进行母乳喂养。大多数母亲在分娩后1至8小时开始母乳喂养，63%的母亲在孩子4至8个月时添加了辅食。大多数母亲在孕期前往产前诊所就诊，为孩子接种疫苗，并在母婴保健诊所对孩子进行随访。一半的母亲目前正在使用避孕措施，19%的母亲在孕期进食较少。母亲的教育水平是与母亲行为相关的最重要因素。
一些母亲在孕期、哺乳期和儿童护理方面的行为需要进行纠正干预。
