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The Effect of Pacifier Use on Breast-Feeding Duration. Research in Medicine 2008; 32 (4) :261-265
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Background and Aim: Use of pacifiers by young infants has been recognized as one of the factors that interfere with the establishment of successful breast-feeding. Our aim was to find out if pacifier-use results in early termination of breast-feeding.
Materials and Methods: A historical cohort study was done on mother-infant pairs visiting health centers for check-ups, routine vaccinations or common childhood ailments during the year 1385-1386. All subjects satisfying the enrollment criteria, and available to the study team, were interviewed by trained personnel and relevant information documented on predesigned questionnaires. Duration of breast-feeding was compared between pacifier-users and non-users.
Results: Four-hundred and fifty infants were enrolled after exclusion of babies with confounding factors, data of 307 infants was analyzed. Two-hundred thirty-nine mothers had continued predominant breast-feeding for 3 months and 218 mothers had done so for at least 6 months. Breast-feeding was discontinued in 59 infants before 6 months. 24.75% of infants were regular pacifier users, 80% of these had started pacifiers during the first few days of life.
The rate of termination of breast-feeding at 3 months in pacifier-users was 28.9% as compared to 5.7% in non-users, (P=0.000). At 6 months the rates in pacifier-uses and non-users were 46.1% vs. 10.4%, respectively, (P=0.000).
Conclusion: Our findings show that while over-all breast-feeding rates in 6 month-old infants are high at 71%, pacifier use in infants is associated with early termination of breast-feeding.
Keywords: Pacifiers Infant Breast Feeding.
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Farideh Shiva, Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Dr. Shariati St., Tehran, Iran. Email: shivahfa@yahoo.com
Keywords: Pacifiers; Infant; Breast Feeding
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