{"doi":"10.3390/ijerph21060665","title":"Prevalence and Factors Associated with Impaired Maternal–Infant Bonding among Mothers Attending Young Child Clinic in Kampala, Uganda","abstract":"Impaired maternal–infant bonding can have a negative impact on the mother–infant relationship, affecting the social, emotional, and cognitive development of a child. In Uganda, there is a paucity of literature on impaired maternal–infant bonding. This quantitative, cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with impaired maternal–infant bonding. Postnatal mothers (n = 422) attending the Young Child Clinic at Kawempe National Referral Hospital participated in the study. Maternal–infant bonding was measured using the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ). Participants with a score ≥ 13 on the PBQ were considered to have impaired maternal–infant bonding. The prevalence of impaired maternal–infant bonding among mothers was 45% (190/422). Logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with impaired maternal–infant bonding. Unmarried mothers (AOR = 2.05, 95% [CI = 1.03–4.09], p = 0.041), unplanned pregnancy (AOR = 5.19, 95% [CI = 3.07–8.82], p < 0.001), first-time mothers (AOR = 2.46, 95% [CI = 1.37–4.43], p = 0.003), female infant (AOR = 1.80, 95% [CI = 1.13–2.86], p = 0.013), mothers with no/low education levels (AOR = 2.29, 95% [CI = 1.05–4.50], p = 0.036), and those who delivered post term (AOR = 2.49, 95% [CI = 1.10–5.67], p = 0.028) were more likely to have impaired maternal–infant bonding. Nurses and midwives in postnatal care should include maternal–infant bonding within their client’s assessment and provide supportive mother-centered care. Interventions to improve maternal–infant bonding should be created and implemented in clinical practice.","journal":"International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health","year":2024,"id":429630,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":6,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9561,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":379290,"name":"Tom Denis Ngabirano","orcid":"0000-0002-8228-6270","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1232783,"name":"Joyce Nankumbi Okonya","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1232304,"name":"Melissa A. Saftner","orcid":"0000-0003-0385-4864","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1232782,"name":"Phionah Tukamushabe","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":47,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:59:11.328802Z","pmid":"38928912","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}