Abstract
Introduction:Bottle feeding should be avoided when possible in infants under the age of two to improve health outcomes. The magnitude of bottle feeding practice is currently increasing in Ethiopia, however factors associated with bottle feeding usage are rarely addressed in research. We aimed to fill this gap and assess the magnitude of bottle feeding and its association with sociodemographic factors among infants in Woldia, Ethiopia in 2019.Methods:A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Woldia General Hospital at the Immunization Clinic. A total of 255 mothers who had infants were selected by systematic random sampling method. Data was collected through face-to-face interview using a structured standardized questionnaire. The data was entered to EpiData version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Binary logistic regression analysis models were used to assess the association between dependent and independent variables. Variables with p-value < 0.2 in bivariable logistic regression analysis were entered to multivariable logistic regression analysis. Finally, variables with p-value < 0.05 with 95% CI in multivariable logistic regression were taken as independent predictors. COR and AOR were used to show the strength of association between the dependent and independent variables.Results:The rate of bottle feeding practice in this study was 42.7% (95%CI: 35.8, 48.2). Being an infant age 0–5 months old [AOR=0.16; 95%CI: 0.06, 0.4], being a mother age 35–50 years old [AOR=0.43; 95%CI: 0.22, 0.85], having 2–5 children [AOR=6.37; 95%CI: 1.33, 30.44], and being a farmer as reported mother's occupation [AOR=2.72; 95%CI: 1.30, 5.67] showed significant association with bottle feeding practice.Conclusions:The magnitude of bottle feeding practice was significantly higher in the current study as compared to national prevalence. Several sociodemographic factors showed significant association with bottle feeding practice which need to be explored further in the future research.
Highlights
Bottle feeding should be avoided when possible in infants under the age of two to improve health outcomes
Bottle feeding is generally not recommended as it can lead to an increased incidence of excessive weight gain, diarrhea, infection, malnutrition, increased mortality, iron depletion, and decreased birth spacing.[8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of bottle feeding practice and associated factors among infants less than two years old in Woldia General Hospital
Summary
Bottle feeding should be avoided when possible in infants under the age of two to improve health outcomes. We aimed to fill this gap and assess the magnitude of bottle feeding and its association with sociodemographic factors among infants in Woldia, Ethiopia in 2019. Binary logistic regression analysis models were used to assess the association between dependent and independent variables. Variables with p-value < 0.05 with 95% CI in multivariable logistic regression were taken as independent predictors. Being an infant age 0-5 months old [AOR=0.16; 95%CI: 0.06,0.4], being a mother age 35-50 years old [AOR=0.43; 95%CI: 0.22, 0.85], having 2-5 children [AOR=6.37; 95%CI: 1.33, 30.44], and being a farmer as reported mother’s occupation [AOR=2.72; 95%CI: 1.30, 5.67] showed significant association with bottle feeding practice. Several sociodemographic factors showed significant association with bottle feeding practice which need to be explored further in the future research
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