A quantitative and qualitative study of exclusive breastfeeding intention by high-risk pregnant women

Abstract The scope of this research was to assess the breastfeeding intention among high-risk pregnant women and related factors. It is a cross-sectional, qualitative and quantitative study, with 1,118 high-risk pregnant women who attended the prenatal care unit at a specialized center of the Unified Health System. The dependent variables were exclusive breastfeeding intention, intended duration and conditions that might interfere with breastfeeding. The Epi Info 7.4.1, Bioestat 5.3 and IRAMUTEQ 0.7.2.0 programs were used for data processing. The results showed that 8.76% of the pregnant women had conditions that could affect lactation. Among the women, 93.83% affirmed having exclusive breastfeeding intention, of which 69.86% intended to breastfeed until the child was six months old, revealing an association with sociodemographic variables (p

摘要 本研究旨在评估高危孕产妇的母乳喂养意向及其相关影响因素。本研究为横断面定性定量混合研究，共纳入1118名就诊于统一卫生系统（Unified Health System）某专科中心产前保健门诊的高危孕产妇。本研究的因变量包括纯母乳喂养意向、预期母乳喂养时长，以及可能干扰母乳喂养的相关情形。研究采用Epi Info 7.4.1、Bioestat 5.3及IRAMUTEQ 0.7.2.0软件进行数据处理。结果显示，8.76%的孕产妇存在可能影响泌乳的相关状况。其中93.83%的受访者明确表示具有纯母乳喂养意向，该群体中69.86%计划将母乳喂养持续至婴儿6月龄，研究发现其与社会人口学变量存在关联（p