Table 4 Prevalence of breastfeeding categories from mothers’ diaries and agreement between diaries and RA rating at one month
From: Breastfeeding and lactation research: exploring a tool to measure infant feeding patterns
Characteristics | Frequency(%) | n |
|---|---|---|
Number of 6-week diaries completed | 30 | |
Feeding categories at 4 weeks | 16 (54) | 30 |
Exclusively breastfed | 7 (24) | |
Exclusively breast milk-fed | 6 (20) | |
Predominately breast milk-fed Weaned (i.e., stopped all breastfeeding) | 1 (1) | |
Mother’s diary at 4 weeks agreed with 1 month call (7-day recall) by 1st and 2nd callers | 55 | |
Yes | 46 (84) | |
No | 9 (16) | |
[5 of 60 missing] | ||
Reliability test comparing callers with diaries | Measure | p-value |
ICC | 0.802 | (p < 0.001) |
(95% CI 0.662, 0.884) |