Maternal Sense of Control During Childbirth and Infant Feeding Method.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate whether maternal sense of control in labor is associated with breastfeeding at 4-8 weeks postpartum.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of data from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of elective induction of labor at 39 weeks of gestation in low-risk nulliparous women. In this trial, women completed the Labor Agentry Scale, a validated measure of women's feelings of control over the childbirth process, 6-96 hours after delivery. The Labor Agentry Scale score, which is higher with more perceived control during childbirth, was analyzed both as a continuous and a categorical variable (quintiles). Self-reported breastfeeding at 4-8 weeks postpartum was categorized as exclusive breastfeeding, breastfeeding and formula feeding, or exclusive formula

SUBMITTER: Dude A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7036026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature