Actitud hacia las dificultades asociadas a la lactancia materna

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Introducción. A pesar de las recomendaciones promulgadas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud, las tasas globales de prevalencia de lactancia materna son bajas. La actitud y el afrontamiento de la madre hacia diversos factores físicos, sociales y emocionales pueden condicionar la duración de la lactancia. El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer qué factores son críticos a la hora de afrontar con éxito la lactancia, mediante la creación de una escala de actitudes hacia algunas de las dificultades asociadas a la lactancia materna.  Material y métodos. Se elaboró un cuestionario basado en comparaciones binarias con siete factores: cansancio, regreso al trabajo, percepción de baja producción de leche, amamantar en público, necesitar asesoramiento o ayuda, dolor asociado a problemas físicos y baja autoeficacia para la conducta de amamantar. Se seleccionaron, por muestreo consecutivo, 30 mujeres en el tercer trimestre de gestación, de las que 22 cumplimentaron correctamente el cuestionario. Finalmente, se llevó a cabo el análisis de datos mediante el Método de Thurstone. Resultados. Se obtuvo una escala de actitud, en la que constan de mayor a menor importancia los factores: dolor físico (Z=0,561), sentido de autoeficacia (Z=0,44), regreso al trabajo (Z=0,105), percepción de baja producción de leche (Z=-0,07), necesidad de ayuda (Z= -0,07), cansancio (Z=-0,17) y amamantamiento en público (Z=-1,13). Conclusiones. El apoyo instrumental y emocional durante la estancia hospitalaria y tras el alta favorece un mejor afrontamiento de las dificultades asociadas a la lactancia materna.
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Muñoz Alba, E. (2023). Actitud hacia las dificultades asociadas a la lactancia materna. Revista De Lactancia Materna, 1(1), e30874. https://doi.org/10.14201/rlm.30874

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