Amamentação, saúde emocional materna e estado nutricional de lactentes: correlações e implicações para saúde diádica

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate possible relationships between maternal emotional health, breastfeeding time and nutritional status of the infant.Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, cross-sectional study was performed between October 2016 and November 2017, with 31 mothers and their infants, with a mean maternal age of 28.3 ± 5.3 years and of infants 4.3 ± 2.0 months. The conditions of maternal emotional health, breastfeeding time and nutritional status of the infant were evaluated. The results were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Spearman's test correlation and Fischer's exact non-parametric Shapiro-Wilk significance test (p≤0.05) due to the reduced number of participants.Results: The data indicated a negative correlation between lactation time and Trait Anxiety Indicators (-0.552 and p = 0.008) and Postpartum Depression (-0.430 and p = 0.032), Weight and Trait Anxiety Indicators (-0,454 and p = 0.034), PC and Trait Anxiety (-0.473 and p = 0.035). On the other hand, correlations were positive for lactation time and nutritional status for weight (0.483; p=0.015), height (0.510; p=0.008), BMI (0.510; p=0.008), and Z score W/A (0.483; p=0.015), Z score H/A (0.399; p = 0.048) and Z score BMI/A (0.545; p=0.005).Conclusion: The study confirms the association between maternal emotional health, breastfeeding time, and the nutritional status of infants, indicating the importance of evaluations that can identify early signs of anxiety and depression in pregnant and postpartum women, promoting interventions and effective support networks for breastfeeding.