Activity Level and Exclusive Breastfeeding in Working Mother: a Cross-Sectional Study Ayut Merdikawati (1*), Dyah Ekafaraviqa A. S. (2), Ika Setyo Rini (3), Muladefi Choiriyah (4)
1,3,4 Lecture, Nursing Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia, email: ayut.fk[at]ub.ac.id (corresponding author)
2 Student, Nursing Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
Abstract
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding provides benefits for babies and mothers. One of the causes of the low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding is because of working mothers. Working mothers stop breastfeeding related to their experience as mothers who have insufficient time to breastfeed and interact with their babies.
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the correlation between the level of activity of working mothers and exclusive breastfeeding.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. A total of 72 working mothers were selected using a purposive sampling procedure in the area of Arjowinangun Community Health, Malang. Data collection used to questionnaires.
Results: The results obtained were 36 mothers (50%) had a moderate level of activity, and 45 mothers (62.5%) did not give exclusive breastfeeding. There is a significant relationship between the level of activity and the success of exclusive breastfeeding (p-value 0,000). The Spearman correlation coefficient shows that there is a very strong relationship between the level of activity and the success of exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers (r -0.663).
Conclusion: The results showed that the higher the level of activity of working mothers would reduce the success of exclusive breastfeeding. It is expected that working mothers will be gained more knowledge of lactation management so that exclusive breastfeeding can given to their babies.
Keywords: Keywords: Activity, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Working Mothers
