Factores relacionados con la duración de la práctica de alimentación con leche materna en una población de madres de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this present end of degree work was to determine the factors that influence the abandonment or suspension of exclusive breastfeeding, for which a sample of 119 working mothers from the Biological and Sociohumanistic areas of the Universidad Técnica Particular of Loja was taken during the period January - June 2019. The study was cross-descriptive through the application of structured questionnaires with closed dichotomous questions in the workplace of the mothers who agreed to participate in this study taking in consideration the data of the pregnancy of her last child after signing the corresponding informed consent. The results obtained showed that 58.3% of the population accomplished with exclusive breastfeeding while 41.7% did not do it, the 61.1% breastfed their son during the first hour of life and 38.8% did not do it, within the main causes for the interruption were insufficient milk production by 53.3%, maternal occupation with inaccessible schedules for its fulfillment in 28.9% and maternal disease in 11.1%.