Abstract
Objectives: It is predicted that 80% of all children suffer from otitis media at least once until the age of two. It is proposed that breastfeeding decreases the probability of the occurrence of otitis media through several mechanisms. There is only a few evidence in the literature about this issue. The aim of this study is to investigate the duration of breastfeeding in children who suffer from otitis media and the timeframe of the introduction of solid foods. Methods: Children (12-36 months of age) during 2018 who had diagnosed with otitis media at government-based health institutions in Sakarya were included the study. The total number of cases were found as 1288 and 1116 phone interviews were made with parents (mothers) which gave us a rate of 86.6% of attainability rate. Statistical significance value was accepted as p<0,05. Results: 54.7% among cases were male and 45.3% were female. The average age for children was 29.28±3.48 in months. The average duration for breastfeeding for all cases was 14.11±8.32. The average period for introduction into solids for all children was 5.40±2.13 months. The average period of breastfeeding for children whose mothers age was 29 or younger are in shorter duration (12.84) in comparison to the children whose mothers age was 30 or older (14.88). 67.8% of children among all were breastfed only for the period of 0-6 months. It was stated that there was no influence of sexes or maternal age for breastfeeding in 6 months. Conclusions: Itwould be beneficialtoevidencebasedresearchaboutprotectiveeffect of breastfeeding on otitismediainfection. Itwouldcontributetotheliteraturetomake further especially cohort studies which embody the calculated risks of children who are not breastfed and the children who had never diagnosed with otitis media.
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