Case Control Study
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World J Clin Pediatr. Mar 9, 2024; 13(1): 87713
Published online Mar 9, 2024. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v13.i1.87713
Exclusive breastfeeding greater than 50%, success of education in a university hospital in Bogotá: Case-control study
Marcela Murillo Galvis, Sofia Ortegon Ochoa, Clara Eugenia Plata García, Maria Paula Valderrama Junca, Dayanna Alejandra Inga Ceballos, Daniel Mauricio Mora Gómez, Claudia M Granados, Martin Rondón
Marcela Murillo Galvis, Sofia Ortegon Ochoa, Clara Eugenia Plata García, Maria Paula Valderrama Junca, Dayanna Alejandra Inga Ceballos, Daniel Mauricio Mora Gómez, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá 110111, Colombia
Claudia M Granados, Martin Rondón, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 110111, Colombia
Author contributions: Murillo Galvis M, Ortegon Ochoa S, Plata García CE, Valderrama Junca MP, Inga Ceballos DA, Granados CM collaborated in drafting the protocol, data collection and analysis, design and writing of the article; Mora Gómez DM collaborated in drafting the protocol, data collection and analysis; Martín R collaborated in the data collection and analysis, design and writing of the article; All authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Research and Ethics Committee (No. 2018/105).
Informed consent statement: Telephone calls where the interviewer indicated the purpose of the study in a clear language in order to obtain more consistent answers; guaranteed patient confidentiality, responses, and requested verbal consent from the mothers to conduct the survey.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Sofia Ortegon Ochoa, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Carrera 7 40-62, Bogotá 110111, Colombia. s.ortegon@javeriana.edu.co
Received: August 23, 2023
Peer-review started: August 23, 2023
First decision: September 19, 2023
Revised: November 10, 2023
Accepted: December 28, 2023
Article in press: December 28, 2023
Published online: March 9, 2024
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background

The international community recognizes breastfeeding (BF) as the healthiest, most economic, and safe way of feeding a newborn and infant. Exclusive BF (EBF) of 6 mo is the desirable objective, however, supplementary feeding can be initiated earlier, depending on the nutritional needs of each child, but never in children younger than 17 wk.

Research motivation

Taking this context into account, the objective of the study is to document the percentages of EBF in those that were born at San Ignacio University Hospital (HUSI) and identify factors associated to their maintenance.

Research objectives

The Objective of this study is to document the rates of EBF in children born in HUSI (acronym in Spanish) and identify factors associated with maintenance.

Research methods

Case studies and controls in a retrospective, analytical cohort were analyzed between January 2016 and January 2019 through calls to mothers of newborns at HUSI in Bogotá, Colombia.

Research results

The study showed that receiving education in a WCFI institution was the most influencing factor so that EBF was maintained until four months with a frequency higher than that reported in Colombia, and additionally, EBF was increased by 59% until 6 mo.

Research conclusions

This study underscores the importance of WCFI strategies for EBF maintenance. Additionally, this finding is useful as it opens up the possibility of conduct national studies to assess the impact of the strategy in the region, and therefore recommends its application internationally.

Research perspectives

Additionally, this finding is useful as it opens up the possibility to conduct national studies to assess the impact of this strategy regionally, and with that, suggest applying it internationally.