The prevalence and characteristics associated with mother-infant bed-sharing in Klang district, Malaysia

Tan, K.L. and Ghani, S.N. and Moy, Foong Ming (2009) The prevalence and characteristics associated with mother-infant bed-sharing in Klang district, Malaysia. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 64 (4). pp. 311-315. ISSN 0300-5283 ,

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Abstract

This was a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and characteristics of mother-infant bed-sharing practice in Klang district, Malaysia. Data was collected by face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire for a four month period in 2006. A total of 682 mother-infant pairs attending government health clinics were included in the study. Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers, information on the infants, bed-sharing and breastfeeding practices were collected. The mean maternal age was 28.4 ± 5.1 years while the mean infant gestational age was 38.8 ± 1.8 weeks. The study showed the prevalence of bed-sharing was 73.5 (95 CI: 70.0, 76.7). In multivariate analysis; area of interview, maternal occupation, family income, breastfeeding and infant birth weight were associated with bed-sharing after adjusted for maternal ethnicity, age, marital status, educational level, parity, infant gender and infant gestational age. In conclusion, bed-sharing is a common practice in Klang district, Malaysia, not specific to ethnicity, but strongly associated with low family income and breastfeeding.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bed-sharing, Maternal factors, Infant factors, Breastfeeding, Malaysia
Subjects:	R Medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Haslinda Lahuddin
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2012 03:22
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2019 04:22
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/4522

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