Journal
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
Volume 105, Issue 6, Pages 648-654Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13382
Keywords
Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Infant formula; Real-time data; Short message service
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- University of Southern Denmark
- Arla Foods Ingredients, Aarhus, Denmark
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Aim: Our aim was to use text message questions to obtain prospective, real-time data on exclusive and partial breastfeeding and introduction to complementary foods in a Danish birth cohort. We also wanted to identify factors influencing breastfeeding initiation and cessation. Methods: This study formed part of the Odense Child Cohort and focused on mothers who gave birth to full-term singletons between April and October 2012. They received the same three to five questions, about breastfeeding, infant formula and introduction to complementary food, three days after birth and then at weekly intervals. Results: We recruited 499 mothers, and the response rate to the first of the weekly questions was 89.4% during the study. Three days after birth, 96.7% of mothers were breastfeeding, 61.2% exclusively and 30.2% partially, and 26 weeks after birth 60.2% of mothers were breastfeeding, 1.1% exclusively. Complementary food was introduced at an average age of 20 weeks. Breastfeeding cessation was associated with maternal smoking, lower maternal age and supplementation with infant formula in the first days after birth (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: Most mothers initiated breastfeeding, but only 1.1% were exclusively breastfeeding at 26 weeks. Text messaging resulted in high response rates and was a feasible data collection method.
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