The Relationship between Exclusive Breastfeeding and Tonsillitis in Children aged 0-7 Years

[摘要] Background: Tonsillitis is a type of acute res­piratory infection (ARI) that is most common in children and toddlers. This stu­dy aims to determine the relationship of ex­clu­sive breast­feeding to tonsillitis in child­ren aged 0-7 years at the Pajang Health Center, Su­ra­karta, Central Java, Indonesia. Subjects and Method: This was a cross sec­tional study conduct­ed at Pajang com­mu­nity health center, Su­ra­karta, Central Java, Indo­ne­sia. A total of 30 chil­dren aged <7 years was selected for this study. The de­pendent vari­able was tonsillitis. The inde­pen­dent variable was the history of exclusive breast­feeding. The data were co­l­lec­ted by ques­tionnaire and physical exa­mina­tion. The data were analyzed using the Fischer’s exact test. Results: Non-exclusive breastfeeding increa­s­­es the risk of tonsillitis in children aged 0-7 years (OR= 7.00; 95% CI= 1.29 to 37.91; p= 0.024).    Conclusion: Children aged 0-7 years who do not get exclusive breastfeeding are at risk of having tonsillitis than children who get exclu­sive breastfeeding.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] tonsillitis;exclusive breastfeeding