Table 2.
Maternal and infant baseline characteristics of the study groups
| Intervention n = 40 |
Control N = 40 |
P | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Maternal age (y) | 27.1 | 7.3 | 25.6 | 5.9 | 0.31 |
| Infant age (m) | 1.65 | 1.5 | 1.23 | 1.5 | 0.21 |
| Number of children | 2 | 1.2 | 1.93 | 1.1 | 0.77 |
| Birthweight (kg) | 3.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Gestational age at delivery (w) | 39.3 | 1.3 | 39.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Intervention | Control | P | |||
| % | n | % | n | ||
| C-section | 35 | 14 | 45 | 18 | 0.49 |
| Primiparous | 48 | 19 | 48 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Female infant | 53 | 21 | 55 | 22 | 0.82 |
| Previous BF information | 80 | 32 | 58 | 23 | 0.05 |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Living with partner | 60 | 24 | 65 | 26 | 0.69 |
| Married | 18 | 7 | 20 | 8 | |
| Single | 22 | 9 | 15 | 6 | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Homemaker | 80 | 32 | 68 | 27 | 0.46 |
| Employed | 20 | 8 | 22 | 9 | |
| Student | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Education | |||||
| Elementary | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| Middle school | 45 | 18 | 40 | 16 | 0.63 |
| High school | 35 | 14 | 28 | 11 | |
| University graduate | 15 | 6 | 22 | 9 | |
| Main obstacles | |||||
| Infant dissatisfaction | 23 | 9 | 23 | 9 | |
| BF in public | 23 | 9 | 23 | 9 | |
| Pain | 18 | 7 | 20 | 8 | |
| PIM | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | |
| Work | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| None | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0.88 |
Data are mean ± SD values or percentage (n), for subjects with known information, as indicated
BF Breastfeeding, PIM Perception of Insufficient Milk