Trends and determinants of prelacteal feeding in Turkey: analysis of 2003-2018 demographic and health surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the current study is to analyse the trends, determinants of prelacteal feeding (PLF) and its relations with the mode of delivery among infants <24 months over the years 2003-2018.

Design

We pooled data from Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys (TDHS). The key outcome variable was PLF. Factors associated with PLF were analysed by using complex sample multiple logistic regression analysis, separately and merged database.

Setting

TDHS in 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018.

Participants

Mother-infant dyads (n 4942).

Results

PLF rates fluctuated between 29·3 and 41·4 %. The most common types of PLF were infant formula (61·1 %) followed by sugar/glucose water (24·9 %) and plain water (9·3 %). PLF rate was 1·51 times higher (95 % CI 1·28, 1·78) in

SUBMITTER: Yalcın SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200566 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature