Maternal postpartum feeding anxiety was associated with infant feeding practices: results from the mother-infant cohort study of China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal feeding anxiety (FA) was prevalent during puerperium and might affect infant feeding practices. This study was aimed to investigate the FA status in Chinese postpartum women and its relationship with infant feeding practices (FPs).

Methods

Participants were from the Mother-Infant Cohort Study of China, in which the dietary and feeding practices, physical and psychiatric health for both mothers and infants were followed up from childbirth to next 2 years. In this study the maternal feeding anxiety (FA) status at 0-3 months postpartum was assessed by Li's Self-rating Feeding Anxiety Scale (SFAS). Infant feeding practices (FPs) at 0-3 months, including breastfeeding-related behaviors, responsive feeding and infant food refusal were investigated by self-desig

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature