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Effect of Follow-Up Intervals on Breastfeeding Rates 5-6 Months Postpartum: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Breastfeeding Medicine 2018 November 10
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of early versus traditional postpartum follow-up intervals on breastfeeding continuation rates 6 months postpartum.
METHODS: This randomized controlled trial enrolled primiparous women planning to breastfeed to a postpartum appointment either 2-3 weeks or 6-8 weeks after delivery. The primary outcome was the breastfeeding rate in each group 5-6 months after delivery. The study was powered to detect a 50% difference between groups assuming a 34% rate of breastfeeding at 6 months. Participants were contacted by phone 5-6 months after delivery to assess outcomes.
RESULTS: From March 2014 to July 2016, 649 women were screened and 344 enrolled as follows: 172 to 2-3 week and 172 to 6-8 week follow-up. Demographic, delivery, and support characteristics were similar between groups; however, average infant birth weight and the distribution of gestational ages at the time of delivery were different between groups (p < 0.05). Participants in the 2-3 week group had a breastfeeding rate of 57.7% 6 months following delivery and participants in the 6-8 week group had a rate of 59.3%. Early follow-up was associated with a relative risk of 0.97 (95% CI 0.79-1.19, p = 0.80) and an adjusted relative risk of 1.45 (95% CI 0.71-2.95, p = 0.31), when adjusted for confounding variables, for breastfeeding continuation at 5-6 months.
CONCLUSIONS: Breastfeeding rates at 5-6 months postpartum were comparable between both groups; early follow-up was not associated with an increased rate of breastfeeding. At 6 months postpartum, the breastfeeding rate in both groups approximated the Surgeon General's Healthy People 2020 goal of 60.6%.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier NCT02221895).
METHODS: This randomized controlled trial enrolled primiparous women planning to breastfeed to a postpartum appointment either 2-3 weeks or 6-8 weeks after delivery. The primary outcome was the breastfeeding rate in each group 5-6 months after delivery. The study was powered to detect a 50% difference between groups assuming a 34% rate of breastfeeding at 6 months. Participants were contacted by phone 5-6 months after delivery to assess outcomes.
RESULTS: From March 2014 to July 2016, 649 women were screened and 344 enrolled as follows: 172 to 2-3 week and 172 to 6-8 week follow-up. Demographic, delivery, and support characteristics were similar between groups; however, average infant birth weight and the distribution of gestational ages at the time of delivery were different between groups (p < 0.05). Participants in the 2-3 week group had a breastfeeding rate of 57.7% 6 months following delivery and participants in the 6-8 week group had a rate of 59.3%. Early follow-up was associated with a relative risk of 0.97 (95% CI 0.79-1.19, p = 0.80) and an adjusted relative risk of 1.45 (95% CI 0.71-2.95, p = 0.31), when adjusted for confounding variables, for breastfeeding continuation at 5-6 months.
CONCLUSIONS: Breastfeeding rates at 5-6 months postpartum were comparable between both groups; early follow-up was not associated with an increased rate of breastfeeding. At 6 months postpartum, the breastfeeding rate in both groups approximated the Surgeon General's Healthy People 2020 goal of 60.6%.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier NCT02221895).
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