Table 2.

Breastfeeding timing and breastfeeding discharge status of newborns admitted to Rwinkwavu and Kirehe District Hospital neonatal care units between a pre- and post- breastfeeding intervention

Variable	Pre-intervention (n = 255)		Post-intervention (n = 793)		Bivariate analysis
	n	%	n	%	p-value*	Degrees of freedom	Test statistic
Newborn fed on breast day of life (DOLa) 0	(n = 223)		(n = 694)		< 0.001	1	61.64
Yes	13	5.8	247	35.6
No	158	70.9	381	54.9
Not documented	52	23.3	66	9.5
Newborn exclusively fed breastmilk on DOL 0					< 0.001	1	65.07
Yes	12	5.4	249	35.9
No	159	71.3	379	54.6
Not documented	52	23.3	66	9.5
Newborn fed on breast on DOL 1	(n = 246)		(n = 776)		< 0.001	1	118.63
Yes	75	30.5	532	68.6
No	156	63.4	205	26.4
Not documented	15	6.1	39	5.0
Newborn exclusively fed breastmilk on DOL 1					< 0.001	1	89.32
Yes	92	37.4	545	70.2
No	137	55.7	191	24.6
Not documented	17	6.9	40	5.2
Newborn fed on breast on DOL 2	(n = 238)		(n = 736)		< 0.001	1	91.11
Yes	107	45.0	568	77.2
No	114	47.9	133	18.1
Not documented	17	7.1	35	4.8
Newborn exclusively fed breastmilk on DOL 2					< 0.001	1	64.65
Yes	135	56.7	600	81.5
No	87	36.6	100	13.6
Not documented	16	6.7	36	4.9
Newborn fed on breast DOL 7	(n = 195)		(n = 441)		< 0.001	1	33.97
Yes	106	54.4	331	75.1
No	68	34.9	66	15.0
Not documented	21	10.8	44	10.0
Newborn exclusively fed breastmilk on DOL 7					< 0.001	1	25.62
Yes	124	63.6	351	79.6
No	48	24.6	43	9.8
Not documented	23	11.8	47	10.7
Newborn fed on breast on discharge day if discharged alive					< 0.001	1	50.81
Yes	128	59.8	601	84.7
No	41	19.2	38	5.4
Not documented	45	21.0	71	10.0
Newborn fed breastmilk on discharge day if discharged alive					< 0.001	1	31.42
Yes	149	69.6	618	87.0
No	19	8.9	12	1.7
Not documented	46	21.5	80	11.3
DOL of first documented breastmilk feed					< 0.001	3	91.01
DOL0	18	7.1	253	31.9
DOL1	99	38.8	330	41.6
DOL2	66	25.9	105	13.2
DOL3 or later	72	28.2	105	13.2

^aDay of Life

*P-value compares only non-missing data values; "Not documented" is not included in the chi-square test