The Effect of Interactive Web-Based Monitoring on Breastfeeding Exclusivity, Intensity, and Duration in Healthy, Term Infants After Hospital Discharge
The Effect of Interactive Web-Based Monitoring on Breastfeeding Exclusivity, Intensity, and Duration in Healthy, Term Infants After Hospital Discharge
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jogn.2015.12.001
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发表时间:
2016-03-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
King, Demetra
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Ahmed, Azza H.;Roumani, Ali M.;King, Demetra
Objective: To determine whether a Web-based interactive breastfeeding monitoring system increased breastfeeding duration, exclusivity, and intensity as primary outcomes and decreased symptoms of postpartum depression as a secondary outcome.Design: Two-arm, randomized controlled trial.Setting: Three hospitals in the Midwestern United States.Participants: One hundred forty one (141) mother-newborn dyads were recruited before discharge.Methods: Postpartum women were randomly assigned to the control or intervention groups. Women in the control group (n = 57) followed the standard hospital protocol, whereas women in the intervention group (n = 49) were given access to an online interactive breastfeeding monitoring system and were prompted to record breastfeeding and infant output data for 30 days. A follow-up online survey was sent to both groups at 1, 2, and 3 months to assess breastfeeding outcomes and postpartum depression.Results: For mothers and infants, there were no significant differences in demographics between groups. No significant differences in breastfeeding outcomes were found between groups at discharge (p = .707). A significant difference in breastfeeding outcomes was found between groups at 1, 2, and 3 months (p = .027, p < .001, and p =.002, respectively). Members of the intervention group had greater exclusive breastfeeding rates at 1, 2, and 3 months. By the end of the third month, 84% of the intervention group was breastfeeding compared with 66% of the control group. Postpartum-depression symptom scores decreased for both groups at 1, 2, and 3 months (control group: 4.9 +/- 3.9, 4.3 +/- 4.9, and 3.2 +/- 3.9, respectively; intervention group: 4.7 +/- 4.5, 3.0 +/- 3.4, and 2.8 +/- 3.6, respectively). However, there was no significant difference between groups at 1, 2, and 3 months (p = .389, .170, and .920, respectively) for depression.Conclusion: The Web-based interactive breastfeeding monitoring system may be a promising intervention to improve breastfeeding duration, exclusivity, and intensity.