Breastfeeding behavior is not associated with health literacy: evidence from the German KUNO-Kids birth cohort study.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding promotion
Health care
Health literacy
Journal
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
ISSN: 1432-0711
Titre abrégé: Arch Gynecol Obstet
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8710213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
28
11
2020
accepted:
17
03
2021
pubmed:
28
4
2021
medline:
20
11
2021
entrez:
27
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite the health benefits of full breastfeeding for both infants and mothers, less than 50% of mothers in Germany practice this method for at least 4 months after childbirth. Because of the growing importance of health literacy to improve public health, we investigated the role of maternal health literacy in breastfeeding behavior. We analyzed the data of 1172 mother-child dyads of the KUNO-Kids health study of the University Children's and Maternity Hospital Regensburg. Maternal health literacy was assessed with the HLS-EU-Q47 questionnaire (sub-index health care) up to 48 h after childbirth. Outcome was analyzed 6 months after childbirth and categorized into full breastfeeding for less than 4 months or for at least 4 months. The association between breastfeeding and maternal health literacy was calculated with univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses. 38.8% of mothers showed inadequate or limited health literacy. 75.9% of mothers had fully breastfed their child for at least 4 months. Univariable logistic regression analysis showed that health literacy and full breastfeeding for at least 4 months were not associated (OR = 0.995 [CI 0.977-1.015], p = 0.60). After adjusting for all potentially confounding variables with a significant association (p ≤ 0.05) on both health literacy and breastfeeding, the multivariable model showed no association between health literacy and breastfeeding (OR = 0.984 [CI 0.963-1.007], p = 0.170). Surprisingly, we found no association between health literacy and breastfeeding behavior in our study. Therefore, future research with comparable measurements of health literacy and breastfeeding is required to validate this result and to identify reasons for early breastfeeding cessation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33904955
doi: 10.1007/s00404-021-06038-2
pii: 10.1007/s00404-021-06038-2
pmc: PMC8490221
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1161-1168Subventions
Organisme : EU (HEALS: 603946)
ID : 603946)
Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
ID : SYSINFLAME: 01ZX1306E
Investigateurs
A Ambrosch
(A)
P Arndt
(P)
A Baessler
(A)
M Berneburg
(M)
St Böse-O'Reilly
(S)
R Brunner
(R)
Wolfgang Buchalla
(W)
A Franke
(A)
S Häusler
(S)
I Heid
(I)
C Herr
(C)
W Högler
(W)
S Kerzel
(S)
M Koller
(M)
M Leitzmann
(M)
D Rothfuß
(D)
W Rösch
(W)
B Schaub
(B)
B H F Weber
(BHF)
St Weidinger
(S)
S Wellmann
(S)
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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