Focused breastfeeding counselling improves short- and long-term success in an early-discharge setting: A cluster-randomized study.
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SUBMITTER: Nilsson IMS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082818 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
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Focused breastfeeding counselling improves short- and long-term success in an early-discharge setting: A cluster-randomized study.
Nilsson Ingrid M S IMS Strandberg-Larsen Katrine K Knight Christopher H CH Hansen Anne Vinkel AV Kronborg Hanne H
Maternal & child nutrition 20170214 4
Length of postnatal hospitalization has decreased and has been shown to be associated with infant nutritional problems and increase in readmissions. We aimed to evaluate if guidelines for breastfeeding counselling in an early discharge hospital setting had an effect on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy, infant readmission and breastfeeding duration. A cluster randomized trial was conducted and assigned nine maternity settings in Denmark to intervention or usual care. Women were eligible if th ...[more]
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