INFLUENCE OF BREASTFEEDING DURATION ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF INFANTS

The aim of the study was to investigate the main components of the quality of life (QOL) of infants, depending on the duration of breastfeeding. The indicators of QOL depending on the duration of breastfeeding in 280 infants were studied. QUALIN question-naire was used to study QOL. In the first group of infants, no significant differences in the assessment of QOL by both parents and pediatricians, both on separate scales and on the total score, were revealed. In the II group of children there were differences in the assessments of QOL by parents and pediatricians. Thus, the indicators of the scale «Behavior and communication», in accordance with parents, were significantly lower than those according to pediatricians (p = 0.004). At the same time, parents significantly higher than pediatricians, evaluated the quality of life of children on a scale of «Neuro-mental development and physical health» (p=0.036), and the total score (p = 0.015). In the third group of infants, parents significantly higher than pediatricians evaluated the indicators of QOL on the scale of «Behavior and communication» (p = 0.002) and the total score (p = 0.05). There were no significant differences in the assessment of individual aspects and the overall score of QL of group IV children between parents and pediatricians. Thus, according to the assessment of parents and pediatricians, the increase in the duration of breastfeeding is accompanied by an improvement in the quality of life of children. The results are an additional argument in favor of the protection and support of breastfeeding of infants.

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