A Randomized Controlled Trial of Innovative Postpartum Care Model for Mother-Baby Dyads.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and maternal satisfaction of a newly established integrative postpartum community-based clinic providing comprehensive support for mothers during the first month after discharge from the hospital. Our primary interests were breastfeeding rates, readmission and patient satisfaction.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in Ottawa, Canada, where 472 mothers were randomized via a 1:2 ratio to either receive standard of care (n = 157) or to attend the postpartum breastfeeding clinic (n = 315). Outcome data were captured through questionnaires completed by the participants at 2, 4, 12 and 24 weeks postpartum. Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models were conducted to determine the effect of the intervention on ex

SUBMITTER: Laliberte C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752489 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature