모유수유와 학동기 이후 아동의 피로에 관한 연구

Effect of Breast-Feeding on the Fatigue in Late Childhood of Korean Pediatric and Adolescent Outpatients

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of breast-feeding on the fatigue in late childhood of Korean pediatrics and adolescent outpatients in the Kyung Hee university hospital. Methods: This study surveyed 211 children and adolescents of 8~18 years old who visited the department of pediatrics of Kyung Hee Korean Medicine Hospital from July 29th, 2016 to August 12th, 2016. The PedsQLTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (MFS) was used to research on fatigue of children. We analyzed the data by using PASW Statistics 18.0 with independent t-test, One-Way ANOVA, eta correlation, Pearson’s correlation. Results: 1. MFS score of breast-feeding children group was significantly lower than that of nonbreast- feeding children group (p<0.05). MFS score (Mean±D) of breast-feeding children group was 19.89±9.36 and MFS score (Mean±D) of non-breast-feeding children group was 25.83±9.89. 2. There was significant statistical correlation between breast-feeding experience and MFS (p<0.05). 3. There was statistical correlation between the duration of breast-feeding and MFS (p<0.05). Conclusions: Non-breast-feeding children group complained of more fatigue problems than breast-feeding children group.