ABSTRACT

Background: - Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. However, nearly 2 out of 3 infants are not exclusively breastfed for the recommended 6 months rate that has not improved in 2 decades. Breast milk is the ideal food for infants. It is safe, clean and contains antibodies which help protect against many common childhood illnesses. Breast milk provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first months of life, and it continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one third during the second year of life. Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life. Women who breastfeed also have a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes continues to undermine efforts to improve breastfeeding rates and duration worldwide. Aims: - The aim of the study was to determine whether breastfeeding made any significant difference in the degree of pain experienced by infants while undergoing intravenous therapy such as intravenous canula insertion, intravenous medication administration and intravenous fluid administration. Material and Methods: - A Pre-experimental one group pre-test-post-test study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the breastfeeding during intravenous therapy. The study was conducted among 60 patient of NICU ward of SSG hospital in Vadodara. Results:- In pretest majority 21 (70%) had pain and 19 (30%) had no pain where as in post test majority 19 (63.3%) had no pain and 11 (36.7%) had pain among infants receiving intra venous therapy. Mean post-test pain score was 3.33±0.844 was reduced from pretest mean pain score was 4.17±1.117 with mean difference of 0.83 and obtained (t value=3.403, df =29, p=0.002) was found statistically highly significant at p<0.05 level. demographic variables such as age of child, gender, birth weight, gestational age, Days of admitted in hospital, and educational status of mother were not found any significant association at p<0.05 level with post-test level of pain among infants receiving intra venous therapy. Keywords: Breastfeeding, Intravenous Therapy, Infants
Publication date: 15/12/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.1040