Investigating short-stay admission to a neonatal intensive care unit as a risk factor for reduced breast feeding at discharge in infants ≥36 weeks' gestation: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to determine the effect of infant-mother separation following a short-stay (≤72 hours) admission to a Level 5 neonatal unit versus no admission on infant-feeding outcomes at hospital discharge.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

An Australian Level 5 neonatal unit within a tertiary referral hospital.

Participants

Mothers and their infants born between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020 had a short-stay admission to the neonatal unit or no admission. All participants met admission criteria to the postnatal ward and were discharged home at ≤72 hours (n=12 540). Postnatal ward admission criteria included ≥36 weeks' gestation and birth weight ≥2.2 kg.

Main outcome measures

Infant feeding at discharge from hospital. Multivar

SUBMITTER: Jones RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature