. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2016 Jan 11;45(2):143–154. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2015.12.001

Table 4.

Breastfeeding Pattern among Control and Intervention groups at Hospital Discharge 1, 2 and 3 months.

Variable	Control		On Discharge Intervention			Control		1 Month Intervention			Control		2 Month Intervention			Control		3 Month Intervention

	n	%	n	%	P	n	%	n	%	P	n	%	n	%	P	n	%	n	%	P
Exclusive breastfeeding	47	82.5	39	79.6	0.7071	23	40.4	31	63.3	0.0268	11	19.3	31	63.3	<0.0001	11	19.3	27	55.1	0.0020
Partial breastfeeding	10	17.5	10	20.4		31	54.4	15	30.6		34	59.6	12	24.5		27	47.4	12	24.5
Exclusive formula	0	0.0	0	0.0		1	1.8	3	6.1		7	12.3	2	4.1		8	14.0	4	8.2
No Response	0	0.0	0	0.0		2	3.5	0	0.0		5	8.8	4	8.2		11	19.3	6	12.2
Total	57	100	49	100		57	100	49	100		57	100	49	100		57	100	49	100

Chi-square test for independence was used to test the difference between groups.