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Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia

Introduction: Breastfeeding practice is recognised to benefit infants as it provides many essential nutrients which can protect from allergies. However, the maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding period was found to influence the breastmilk content which can also lead to allergy reaction e...

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Main Authors: Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada, Mohd Shukri, Norazwani, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida, Abdul Ghani, Radiah
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Published: 2019
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spelling my.iium.irep.831522020-10-07T07:37:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/83152/ Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada Mohd Shukri, Norazwani Ibrahim, Muhammad Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abdul Ghani, Radiah RA Public aspects of medicine Introduction: Breastfeeding practice is recognised to benefit infants as it provides many essential nutrients which can protect from allergies. However, the maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding period was found to influence the breastmilk content which can also lead to allergy reaction even among breastfed infants. It is important for the mothers to have sufficient knowledge to reduce the allergy prevalent among infants via modulation of maternal diet. Objectives: This study aimed to identify knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional questionnaire study carried out in Pahang using socio-demographic data. The convenient sampling method was carried out for a period of three months from March to June 2019. The respondents were Malaysian that are pregnant and breastfeeding mothers that live in Pahang. A total of 85 participants with mean age 34.48±6.58 were involved in the study. All the data was analysed using SPSS Version 12.0. Results: The prevalence of exclusively breastfed infants for at least 6 months was 83.6%. Based on the knowledge score, 67 (78.8%) were grouped as having moderate knowledge. Majority of the participants have good attitude and practice 83 (97.6%) and 61 (71.8%) respectively. The knowledge of mothers showed significant positive correlations with attitude score (r=0.215, p=0.048) and attitude of mothers towards practice score (r=0.429, p=0.001). However, no significant correlation was found between knowledge and practice score. Conclusion: In this study, the knowledge of mothers towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and allergy in moderate level. The mothers should be provided with appropriate information on breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy for better health outcome. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/83152/1/KTP%20SYMPOSIUM%20AINUN.pdf Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada and Mohd Shukri, Norazwani and Ibrahim, Muhammad and Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida and Abdul Ghani, Radiah (2019) Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia. In: Simposium Pemindahan Ilmu 2019, 25th November 2019, Pulau Pinang. (Unpublished)
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topic RA Public aspects of medicine
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Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada
Mohd Shukri, Norazwani
Ibrahim, Muhammad
Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
Abdul Ghani, Radiah
Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
description Introduction: Breastfeeding practice is recognised to benefit infants as it provides many essential nutrients which can protect from allergies. However, the maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding period was found to influence the breastmilk content which can also lead to allergy reaction even among breastfed infants. It is important for the mothers to have sufficient knowledge to reduce the allergy prevalent among infants via modulation of maternal diet. Objectives: This study aimed to identify knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional questionnaire study carried out in Pahang using socio-demographic data. The convenient sampling method was carried out for a period of three months from March to June 2019. The respondents were Malaysian that are pregnant and breastfeeding mothers that live in Pahang. A total of 85 participants with mean age 34.48±6.58 were involved in the study. All the data was analysed using SPSS Version 12.0. Results: The prevalence of exclusively breastfed infants for at least 6 months was 83.6%. Based on the knowledge score, 67 (78.8%) were grouped as having moderate knowledge. Majority of the participants have good attitude and practice 83 (97.6%) and 61 (71.8%) respectively. The knowledge of mothers showed significant positive correlations with attitude score (r=0.215, p=0.048) and attitude of mothers towards practice score (r=0.429, p=0.001). However, no significant correlation was found between knowledge and practice score. Conclusion: In this study, the knowledge of mothers towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and allergy in moderate level. The mothers should be provided with appropriate information on breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy for better health outcome.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada
Mohd Shukri, Norazwani
Ibrahim, Muhammad
Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
Abdul Ghani, Radiah
author_facet Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada
Mohd Shukri, Norazwani
Ibrahim, Muhammad
Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
Abdul Ghani, Radiah
author_sort Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada
title Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
title_short Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
title_full Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among mothers in pahang, malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/83152/1/KTP%20SYMPOSIUM%20AINUN.pdf
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