Association Between Breastfeeding Attitudes and Depression Risk of Mothers in COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors : Zehra BAYKAL AKMEŞE

Pages : 426-435

Doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.1284075

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Publication Date : 2023-09-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the level of breastfeeding attitude and its association with risk of depression among mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In the cross-sectional analytics study, the minimum number of samples to be reached was calculated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=327);. Data were collected from 393 mothers with the Google survey method. Questionnaire Form, Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EPDS); and Infant Feeding Attitude Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IFAS); forms were used as data collection tools. Variables related to socio-demographic characteristics are shown by number and percentage distribution. The effects of categorical variables, which are thought to affect the mean scores of EPDS and IFAS, were evaluated with t-test and chi-square analysis in independent groups. The relationship between the mean scores of the scale is shown by the correlation coefficient. p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: The mean IFAS score was 65.54±6.74, and the mean EPDS score was 10.70±6.25. IFAS scores of mothers at risk for depression insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(64.78±6.85); were found to be significantly lower insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p < 0.05); than mothers who were not at risk for depression. Conclusion: In the COVID-19 pandemic, it was determined that the breastfeeding attitudes of mothers at risk for depression were lower than those of mothers who were not at risk for depression.
Keywords : COVID 19, emzirme tutumu, bebek beslenmesi tutumu, depresyon