Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

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Type of study Cross-sectional Cross-sectional analysis of baseline Prospective cohort study
data of prospective cohort study
Level of evidence IV (aetiology) IV (aetiology) II (aetiology)
Definition of
breastfeeding
Any breastfeeding at discharge Any breastfeeding at discharge,
Exclusive breastfeeding since birth at
Exclusive BF at discharge
Any breastfeeding duration
Intervention/
comparator
discharge (WHO)
Multi vs primi (ref) Multiparous vs primiparous (ref) Previous pregnancies
0 (ref), 1, 2, 3+
N 108 587 (68% of 870 women contacted
and 55% of 1068 eligible women)
Population/study
information
Convenience sample of Scottish
women recruited from maternity
clinic in Glasgow. Breastfeeding at
discharge determined from birthing
records
Mothers were recruited from maternity
wards of two Perth metropolitan
hospitals within 72 hrs of birth.
Quality O P P
Results Crude OR 0.69 (95%CI 0.32-1.47) Any breastfeeding at discharge
Adj OR (95% CI)
0.21 (0.0.06-0.71)
Exclusive breastfeeding at discharge
adj OR (95% CI)
1.71 (1.04-2.79)
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
analysis
Any breastfeeding duration
No adjOR reported but non-significant
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