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).