Effectiveness of interventions on breastfeeding self-efficacy and perceived insufficient milk supply: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy on an intervention on breastfeeding self-efficacy and perceived insufficient milk supply outcomes. The literature search was conducted among 6 databases (CINAHL, Medline, PsyncInfo, Scopus, Cochrane, and ProQuest) in between January 2000 to June 2016. Two reviewers independently assessed the articles for the following inclusion criteria: experimental or quasi-experimental studies; healthy pregnant women participants intending to breastfeed or healthy breastfeeding women who gave birth to a term singleton and healthy baby; intervention administered could have been educational, support, psycho-social, or breastfeeding self-efficacy based, offered in prenatal or postnatal or both, in person, over the phone, or with

SUBMITTER: Galipeau R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866142 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature