Exclusive breastfeeding and length of hospital stay in premature infants at a Brazilian reference center for kangaroo mother care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate exclusive breastfeeding at discharge and hospital length-of-stay in preterm infants undergoing or not the Kangaroo-Mother Care Method (KMC).

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted including preterm infants < 1800 g admitted to the neonatal unit of a KMC reference center. The infants were grouped into the KMC group and the non-KMC group. Multiple logistic and Poisson regressions were performed to evaluate the association between the KMC and two outcomes, exclusive breastfeeding at discharge, and hospital length-of-stay, adjusted for potential confounders.

Results

115 mother-infant dyads were included, 78 in the KMC group and 37 in the non-KMC group. In the bivariate analysis, the KMC group had a lower prevalence of maternal adverse con

SUBMITTER: Campanha PPA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331221 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature