Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Applicability Y Y Y
Reference
Xu F, Binns C, Zhang H, Yang G &
Zhao Y Journal of Human
Lactation 2010.
Scott JA, Binns CW, Oddy WH,
Graham KI, Pediatrics 2006; 117
e643-e655
Clements et al Acta Paediatr, 1997;
86:51-56
Type of study Prospective cohort Prospective cohort study Prospective cohort study
Level of evidence II (aetiology) II (aetiology) II (aetiology)
Definition of
breastfeeding
Any breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding
Discontinuation of any before 12
months and full breastfeeding before 6
Exclusive BF at discharge
Any breastfeeding duration
Intervention/
comparator
N
Population/study
information
(WHO)
months (WHO)
Infant’s gender (details not provided) Males vs females (ref) Male vs female (ref)
1256 mothers invited, 1219 agreed
(97%) & 1088 fathers agreed (87%)
(Analysis undertaken on 1088
couples)
Xinjiang, China
Mothers interviewed in hospital &
0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5 & 6 months after
birth
Recruited from 5 hospitals in urban &
rural areas
Smaller hospitals – all mothers
recruited
Larger hospitals – mothers recruited
every 2 nd or 3 rd day
587 (68% of 870 women contacted and
55% of 1068 eligible women)
Mothers were recruited from maternity
wards of two Perth metropolitan
hospitals within 72 hrs of birth.
Quality P P P
Results Not significant (results not provided) Risk of discontinuing any BF
No adjOR reported but non-significant
when controlled for in multivariate
700
Infants from South West Thames (UK)
region were randomly selected from all
births, except home births.
The subjects were randomly allocated
an age at which to be interviewed, in
such a way as to ensure that they had a
similar age distribution to that
previously described for SIDS cases.
The median age was 90 days (range 30-
302 days). The study ran from 14
October 1990 to 13 October 1991.
Exclusive BF at discharge
No adjOR reported but non-significant
when controlled for in multivariate
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