Research Article

A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study

Volume: 15 Number: 2 March 30, 2021
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A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers who abandoned their babies legitimately in our hospital and to determine the reasons behind the abandonment.

Material and Method: Medical records of the newborn babies who were abandoned in the period between January 2008 and December 2015 in our hospital and of their mothers were reviewed retrospectively for sociodemographic characteristics and reasons behind abandonment. Records were analyzed by using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA, version 20).

Results: Sixty-seven abandoned babies (girls 55.2%) were documented in the specified period and included in the study. The number of abandoned babies was observed to be increasing gradually in years (n=1 in 2008 and n=17 in 2015). Most of the mothers (74.6%) had a low education level (secondary school or less). Of the mothers, 73.1% were unmarried and 62.7% were not working. Pregnancy was due to rape in 28.4% and due to incest in 4.5% of the cases. The primary reasons of abandonment were social reasons (62.7%), among which peer pressure (trying to keep the family members unaware of the pregnancy) was the most frequent (78%). It was observed that the rate of baby abandonment increased as the educational levels of the mothers decreased (p<0.05).

Conclusion: In this study, the primary factor for abandonment was peer pressure. There is certainly a vast need to multiply this kind of studies on baby abandonment. This study could be considered as a preliminary approach providing tips about the reasons of the baby abandonment.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

​Internal Diseases

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 30, 2021

Submission Date

November 4, 2019

Acceptance Date

January 29, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 15 Number: 2

APA
Yücel, H., Demirel, N., Baş, A. Y., Ulubaş Işık, D., Kulalı, F., Mollamahmutoğlu, L., & Duyan Çamurdan, A. (2021). A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi, 15(2), 150-154. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.642744
AMA
1.Yücel H, Demirel N, Baş AY, et al. A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2021;15(2):150-154. doi:10.12956/tchd.642744
Chicago
Yücel, Hüsniye, Nihal Demirel, Ahmet Yağmur Baş, et al. 2021. “A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers Who Abandoned Their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 15 (2): 150-54. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.642744.
EndNote
Yücel H, Demirel N, Baş AY, Ulubaş Işık D, Kulalı F, Mollamahmutoğlu L, Duyan Çamurdan A (March 1, 2021) A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 15 2 150–154.
IEEE
[1]H. Yücel et al., “A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study”, Turkish J Pediatr Dis, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 150–154, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.12956/tchd.642744.
ISNAD
Yücel, Hüsniye - Demirel, Nihal - Baş, Ahmet Yağmur - Ulubaş Işık, Dilek - Kulalı, Ferit - Mollamahmutoğlu, Leyla - Duyan Çamurdan, Aysu. “A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers Who Abandoned Their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi 15/2 (March 1, 2021): 150-154. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.642744.
JAMA
1.Yücel H, Demirel N, Baş AY, Ulubaş Işık D, Kulalı F, Mollamahmutoğlu L, Duyan Çamurdan A. A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2021;15:150–154.
MLA
Yücel, Hüsniye, et al. “A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers Who Abandoned Their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study”. Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 2, Mar. 2021, pp. 150-4, doi:10.12956/tchd.642744.
Vancouver
1.Hüsniye Yücel, Nihal Demirel, Ahmet Yağmur Baş, Dilek Ulubaş Işık, Ferit Kulalı, Leyla Mollamahmutoğlu, Aysu Duyan Çamurdan. A Sociodemographic Analysis of Mothers who Abandoned their Newborn Babies: A Single-Center Study. Turkish J Pediatr Dis. 2021 Mar. 1;15(2):150-4. doi:10.12956/tchd.642744

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