Factors Associated With Acceptance to Donate Human Milk and Use Donor Human Milk
Participant’s characteristics and their association with willingness to donate human milk and use donated milk were investigated. Chi-square analysis was used to test for significant relationships. There was significant association between respondents age (P=0.016), education level (P= <0.001), monthly household income (P=0.025), exclusive breastfeeding of previous infant/s during the first six months (P=0.029), prior knowledge of human milk banking (P=0.007), and religion (P=0.013) with willingness to donate (Table 4). Significant variables at Chi-square analysis (p < 0.05), were entered into the multivariable logistic regression model. Age (P=0.035) remained a significant predictor of willingness to donate human milk as shown in Table 5.
This investigation found a significant association between participant’s education level (P=0.005), prior knowledge of human milk banking (P=0.010) and religion (P= 0.002) with the likelihood of using donor human milk (Table 6). These variables with a P value < 0.05 were considered for multivariable logistic regression analysis. Prior knowledge of human milk banking (P=0.029) and religion (P=0.009) were found to be significantly associated with willingness to use DHM (Table 7).