Maternal Schizophrenia, Skin-to-Skin Contact, and Infant Feeding Initiation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization recommends mothers and infants be in direct skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth and initiate breastfeeding as soon as possible. Little is known in women with schizophrenia.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study using administrative health data from Ontario, Canada (2012-2014), comparing women with (n = 471) and without schizophrenia (n = 218 435), and their infants, on the primary outcomes of any skin-to-skin contact and opportunity to initiate breastfeeding within the first 2 h after birth. For dyads with available data, secondary outcomes of intention to breastfeed, breastfeeding support, any breastmilk, and exclusive breastmilk at discharge were assessed. Modified Poisson regression was used to generate rela

SUBMITTER: Taylor CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8781380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature