Table 3:
Association between advice score categories and sleep location and feeding practices at follow-up.
| Characteristic | Overall N=3218 |
Weighted Percent a |
Breastfeed Only N=891 (30.5%) |
Breastfeed Partial N=977 (29.5%) |
Breastfeed None N=1350 (40.0%) |
Adj. OR (95%CI) Only vs. None |
Adj. OR (95%CI) Only/Partial vs. None |
Room share not bed sharing (RS not BS) N=2152 (65.5%) |
Separate room (SR) N=380 (13.7%) |
Bed sharing whole or part of the night (BS) N=686 (20.7%) |
Adj. OR (95%CI) RS not BS vs. BS |
Adj. OR (95%CI) RS or SR not BS vs. BS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sleep Location Advice Score b |
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| <0 | 210 | 7.2% | 27.6% | 32.9% | 39.5% | 0.91 (0.56,1.47) |
1.03 (0.67,1.59) |
29.9% | 47.0% | 23.1% | 0.54 (0.35,0.82) |
0.98 (0.65,1.49) |
| 0 | 972 | 31.6% | 31.3% | 29.2% | 39.5% | REF | REF | 59.3% | 18.0% | 22.6% | REF | REF |
| 1 | 679 | 22.6% | 33.6% | 27.7% | 38.7% | 1.18 (0.87,1.61) |
1.12 (0.89,1.42) |
68.2% | 10.3% | 21.5% | 1.20 (0.96,1.50) |
1.07 (0.86,1.33) |
| 2 | 553 | 17.1% | 34.9% | 26.1% | 39.0% | 1.35 (0.99,1.84) |
1.15 (0.90,1.47) |
71.6% | 8.9% | 19.4% | 1.39 (1.06,1.84) |
1.23 (0.94,1.62) |
| 3 | 417 | 11.7% | 24.6% | 30.5% | 44.9% | 1.07 (0.72,1.59) |
1.05 (0.77,1.42) |
76.8% | 3.5% | 19.7% | 1.63 (1.18,2.26) |
1.42 (1.02,1.97) |
| 4 | 387 | 9.8% | 21.9% | 36.9% | 41.2% | 1.25 (0.82,1.92) |
1.38 (0.98,1.95) |
81.7% | 3.6% | 14.7% | 2.36 (1.52,3.67) |
2.10 (1.35,3.25) |
| Feeding Advice Score b | ||||||||||||
| <0 | 230 | 7.5% | 8.2% | 15.4% | 76.5% | 0.31 (0.18,0.53) |
0.52 (0.32,0.87) |
72.6% | 13.7% | 13.6% | 1.52 (0.98,2.35) |
1.37 (0.87,2.15) |
| 0 | 360 | 11.6% | 21.0% | 15.3% | 63.7% | REF | REF | 62.0% | 20.9% | 17.1% | REF | REF |
| 1 | 412 | 13.4% | 31.5% | 23.3% | 45.1% | 1.94 (1.19,3.15) |
2.00 (1.41,2.84) |
61.7% | 13.9% | 24.3% | 0.74 (0.46,1.19) |
0.67 (0.44,1.04) |
| 2 | 605 | 19.9% | 30.0% | 28.9% | 41.1% | 2.24 (1.41,3.54) |
2.58 (1.82,3.65) |
65.4% | 14.3% | 20.3% | 0.93 (0.60,1.44) |
0.85 (0.55,1.32) |
| 3 | 772 | 23.1% | 37.5% | 33.3% | 29.2% | 4.46 (3.17,6.28) |
4.59 (3.51,6.00) |
64.8% | 11.8% | 23.4% | 0.91 (0.55,1.52) |
0.83 (0.50,1.37) |
| 4 | 839 | 24.6% | 35.0% | 40.8% | 24.2% | 5.67 (3.72,8.64) |
6.54 (4.69,9.10) |
67.9% | 11.5% | 20.6% | 1.12 (0.69,1.80) |
1.02 (0.64,1.62) |
The percentages presented in this column represent column percentages and sum to 100 percent within each advice score category. All other percentages presented are weighted row percentages and sum to 100 percent across the 3 bed sharing or breastfeeding categories.
The “advice score” is the sum of the advice received from all four sources (family, baby’s doctor, nurses, and the media). Each source that was reported as agreeing with the recommendation to room share without bed sharing received a +1, each source reported as disagreeing with that recommendation received a −1, and each source reported as providing neutral or no advice received a 0. Due to relatively few negative scores, all negative scores were pooled into one category. A score of 0 was obtained from mothers who received no advice from all four sources or who received conflicting advice from different sources resulting in a net score of 0.
Adj. OR denotes adjusted odds ratio; CI denotes confidence interval; RS denotes room share; BS denotes bed sharing; SR denotes separate room
The odds ratios were adjusted for the following independent variables: geographic region, baby’s age and birth weight, parity, mother’s age, education, and race.