TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling time-to-discontinuation of exclusive breastfeeding
T2 - Analysis of infants and under-2 survival in Nigeria
AU - Oyedele, Oyewole Kazeem
AU - Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis
AU - Ayeni, Olusola
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Background: Regardless of national and international strategies towards promoting exclusive breastfeeding, only 17% and 35% of infants were exclusively breastfed in 2015 in Nigeria and Worldwide respectively. Therefore, we aim to estimate average length of exclusive breastfeeding for infants and under-2, evaluate and predict maternal impact. Data Source and Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study applied NARHS data collected via multistage-cluster random sampling. Count and proportion quantified maternal characteristics, Kaplan-Meier method estimated length of exclusive breastfeeding whereas Cox Proportional Hazard model and Wald-test determine and evaluate maternal effect. Results: Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 6.0 months. Locality {P < 0.05 (0.73-0.98)} and place-of-delivery {P < 0.01 (1.06-1.19)} were the determinant factors. Cox Proportional Hazard model fit the data and Wald-test identified main predictors. Conclusions: Average time at which exclusive breastfeeding was discontinued was six months, mothers locality and delivery-place of infants influence exclusive breastfeeding duration in Nigeria. Hence, exclusive breastfeeding interventions should target those factors.
AB - Background: Regardless of national and international strategies towards promoting exclusive breastfeeding, only 17% and 35% of infants were exclusively breastfed in 2015 in Nigeria and Worldwide respectively. Therefore, we aim to estimate average length of exclusive breastfeeding for infants and under-2, evaluate and predict maternal impact. Data Source and Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study applied NARHS data collected via multistage-cluster random sampling. Count and proportion quantified maternal characteristics, Kaplan-Meier method estimated length of exclusive breastfeeding whereas Cox Proportional Hazard model and Wald-test determine and evaluate maternal effect. Results: Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 6.0 months. Locality {P < 0.05 (0.73-0.98)} and place-of-delivery {P < 0.01 (1.06-1.19)} were the determinant factors. Cox Proportional Hazard model fit the data and Wald-test identified main predictors. Conclusions: Average time at which exclusive breastfeeding was discontinued was six months, mothers locality and delivery-place of infants influence exclusive breastfeeding duration in Nigeria. Hence, exclusive breastfeeding interventions should target those factors.
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U2 - 10.11564/34-1-1500
DO - 10.11564/34-1-1500
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092147200
SN - 0850-5780
VL - 34
SP - 5132
EP - 5142
JO - Etude de la Population Africaine
JF - Etude de la Population Africaine
IS - 1
ER -