Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding of preterm infants. Results from a prospective national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Evidence-based knowledge of how to guide the mothers of preterm infants in breastfeeding establishment is contradictive or sparse. The aim was to investigate the associations between pre-specified clinical practices for facilitating breastfeeding, and exclusive breastfeeding at discharge as well as adequate duration thereof.

Methods

A prospective survey based on questionnaires was conducted with a Danish national cohort, comprised of 1,221 mothers and their 1,488 preterm infants with a gestational age of 24-36 weeks. Adjusted for covariates, the pre-specified clinical practices were analysed by multiple logistic regression analyses.

Results

At discharge 68% of the preterm infants were exclusively breastfed and 17% partially. Test-weighing the infant

SUBMITTER: Maastrup R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929624 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature