The Influence between Breastfeeding Conditions with Breastfeeding Mothers Characteristics toward the Usage of Lactation Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) as Contraception

Husna Sari, Erlina Hayati, Kristin Natalia Napitupulu, G. F. Gustina Siregar, Nanda Pratama Tampubolon

2019

Abstract

The low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months caused the national target of exclusive breastfeeding to be 40% unachieved. Whereas exclusive breastfeeding can reduce infant mortality in Indonesia and it can also be used as natural contraception. This research type was an analytic study with case control design. The study was conducted from August to December 2018. The population of this study were all breastfeeding mothers who have babies aged 6-12 month. The study sample amounted 44 breastfeeding mothers, consist of 22 cases and 22 controls whereas the case group was giving exclusive breastfeeding to baby but they did not experience lactation amenorrhoea and the control group was giving exclusive breastfeeding to the baby, they experienced lactation amenorrhoea. Primary data collection methods obtained through direct interviews on research subjects. The research instrument was standardized questionnaire. Data analysis used univariate analysis, bivariate with chi-square test and multivariate analysis with multiple simple logistic regression test. The analysis results indicated dominant variable influencing the usage of LAM as contraceptive for breastfeeding mothers was occupational variable because it has (p = 0.015; OR = 10.962 95% CI 1.529-75.283), it means that breastfeeding mothers who work have 11 times greater risk who did not use LAM as contraceptive compared to mothers who do not work.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sari H., Hayati E., Napitupulu K., Siregar G. and Tampubolon N. (2019). The Influence between Breastfeeding Conditions with Breastfeeding Mothers Characteristics toward the Usage of Lactation Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) as Contraception.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 247-254. DOI: 10.5220/0009472202470254

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Husna Sari and Erlina Hayati and Kristin Natalia Napitupulu and G. F. Gustina Siregar and Nanda Pratama Tampubolon},
title={The Influence between Breastfeeding Conditions with Breastfeeding Mothers Characteristics toward the Usage of Lactation Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) as Contraception},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={247-254},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009472202470254},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - The Influence between Breastfeeding Conditions with Breastfeeding Mothers Characteristics toward the Usage of Lactation Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) as Contraception
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Sari H.
AU - Hayati E.
AU - Napitupulu K.
AU - Siregar G.
AU - Tampubolon N.
PY - 2019
SP - 247
EP - 254
DO - 10.5220/0009472202470254