Al-Ruzaihan Sara A, Al-Ghanim Alaa A, Bu-Haimed Bayan M, Al-Rajeh Hanan K, Al-Subaiee Wadha R, Al-Rowished Fatimah H, Badger-Emeka Lorina I
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, KSA.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Hofuf, KSA.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2016 Oct 21;12(3):235-240. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.08.013. eCollection 2017 Jun.
Breast feeding is a normal behaviour in humans that provides babies with the nutrients needed for growth and development. Certain factors contribute to the inability of mothers to breastfeed. This investigation explored the effect of maternal occupation on breast feeding amongst females in Al-Hassa in the southeastern region of KSA.
This cross-sectional study was conducted by administering a structured Arabic questionnaire to working and non-working mothers in the region. The participants were asked about their job status and whether they were breast feeding (BF), the reasons for reducing or stopping BF, and the health status of their babies. The obtained data were analysed using the chi-square test.
A total of 124 mothers participated in the survey; 62 working mother (WM) and 62 non-working women (NWM). All of the NWM had breastfed their babies, while ninety-two percent of the WM breastfed, while the remaining 8% (12.9) of WM did not breastfeed. The results also showed that only 7% of WM practiced exclusive breast feeding (EBF), while 37% of the NWM were found to practice EBF.
Maternal occupation was not observed to be a barrier to prevent mothers from breast feeding but affected the duration and frequency of breast feeding per day and the health status of babies.
母乳喂养是人类的一种正常行为，能为婴儿提供生长发育所需的营养。某些因素会导致母亲无法进行母乳喂养。本调查探讨了沙特阿拉伯王国东南部哈萨地区母亲的职业对女性母乳喂养的影响。
本横断面研究通过向该地区在职和非在职母亲发放结构化阿拉伯语问卷进行。询问参与者的工作状况、是否进行母乳喂养（BF）、减少或停止母乳喂养的原因以及婴儿的健康状况。使用卡方检验对获得的数据进行分析。
共有124名母亲参与了调查；62名在职母亲（WM）和62名非在职女性（NWM）。所有非在职母亲都对婴儿进行了母乳喂养，而92%的在职母亲进行了母乳喂养，其余8%（12.9名）在职母亲未进行母乳喂养。结果还显示，只有7%的在职母亲进行纯母乳喂养（EBF），而37%的非在职母亲进行纯母乳喂养。
未观察到母亲的职业是阻碍母亲进行母乳喂养的障碍，但会影响每天母乳喂养的持续时间和频率以及婴儿的健康状况。
