Prediction of Initiation and Cessation of Breastfeeding from Late Pregnancy to 16 Weeks: the Feeding Your Baby (FYB) Cohort Study

Overview

Journal BMJ Open

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Aug 3

PMID 23906958

Citations 12

Authors

Peter T Donnan

Janet Dalzell

Andrew Symon

Petra Rauchhaus

Ewa Monteith-Hodge

Gillian Kellett

Jeremy C Wyatt

Heather M Whitford

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Abstract

Objective: To derive prediction models for both initiation and cessation of breastfeeding using demographic, psychological and obstetric variables.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Setting: Women delivering at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.

Data Sources: Demographic data and psychological measures were obtained during pregnancy by questionnaire. Birth details, feeding method at birth and at hospital discharge were obtained from the Ninewells hospital database, Dundee, UK. Breastfeeding women were followed up by text messages every 2 weeks until 16 weeks or until breastfeeding was discontinued to ascertain feeding method and feeding intentions.

Participants: Pregnant women over 30 weeks gestation aged 16 years and above, living in Dundee, booked to deliver at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, and able to speak English.

Main Outcome Measure: Initiation and cessation of breastfeeding.

Results: From the total cohort of women at delivery (n=344) 68% (95% CI 63% to 73%) of women had started breastfeeding at discharge. Significant predictors of initiating breastfeeding were older age, parity, greater intention to breastfeed from a Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)-based questionnaire, higher Iowa Infant Feeding Assessment Scale (IIFAS) score as well as living with a husband or partner. For the final model, the AUROC was 0.967. For those who initiated breastfeeding (n=233), the strongest predictors of stopping were low intention to breastfeed from TPB, low IIFAS score and non-managerial/professional occupations.

Conclusions: The findings from this study will be used to inform the protocol for an intervention study to encourage and support prolonged breastfeeding as intentions appear to be a key intervention focus for initiation. The predictive models could be used to identify women at high risk of not initiating and also women at high risk of stopping for interventions to improve the longevity of breastfeeding.

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