The effect of breastfeeding on body temperature, body weight, and jaundice of 0–72 h old infants

Abstract

Objective: The research aimed to determine the effect of breastfeeding on body temperature, body weight, and jaundice of 0–72 h-old infants in Sitti Khadijah I Mother and Child Hospital of Makassar. Method: The research was an observational longitudinal design. The samples were breastfeeding mothers and 0–72 h-old newborn infants consisting of 70 people selected using the purposive sampling method. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test. Result: The result of the research indicated that there are 29 respondents (41.4%) giving exclusive breastfeeding with infants normal body temperature 29 people (100%), decreasing body weight 28 people (96.6%), and no jaundice 29 people (100%), while the respondents who do not give breastfeeding consist of 41 people (58.6%) with body temperature undergoing hyperthermia one respondent (2.4%), increasing body weight three people (7.3%) and jaundice four people (9.8%). Conclusion: There is an effect of giving breastfeeding on body temperature (p = 0.016), but there is no effect on body weight (p = 0.168) and jaundice (p = 0.083) of 0–72 h-old infants.

Keywords

• Breastfeeding
• Body temperature
• Bodyweight
• Jaundice
• 0–72 h-infants