Table 4 Factors that influenced breastfeeding (n = 366)
From: Factors that influence early breastfeeding of singletons and twins in Korea: a retrospective study
Characteristics | n | Categories | Total | Singletons (n = 241) | Twins (n = 125) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No practice group | Practice group | p-value | No practice group | Practice group | p-value | ||||
Mean ± SD Median [Min, Max] or n (%) | Mean ± SD Median [Min, Max] or n (%) | Mean ± SD Median [Min, Max] or n (%) | Mean ± SD Median [Min, Max] or n (%) | Mean ± SD Median [Min, Max] or n (%) | |||||
Type of newborn | 366 | Singleton | 241 (65.9) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Twin | 125 (34.1) | ||||||||
Early skin-to-skin contact | 359 | Yes | 284 (79.1) | 79 (62.2) | 105 (96.3) | <0.001¶ | 56 (74.7) | 44 (91.7) | 0.018¶ |
No | 75 (20.9) | 48 (37.8) | 4 (3.7) | 19 (25.3) | 4 (8.3) | ||||
Time to early skin-to-skin contact (min) | 286 | 0.831∥ | 0.338∥ | ||||||
Rooming in | 328 | Yes | 273 (83.2) | 89 (73.5) | 93 (90.3) | 0.001¶ | 55 (84.6) | 36 (92.3) | 0.251¶ |
No | 55 (16.8) | 32 (26.5) | 10 (9.7) | 10 (15.4) | 3 (7.7) | ||||
Feeding before the first breastfeed | 366 | Yes | 132 (36.1) | 75 (58.1) | 12 (10.7) | <0.001# | 40 (52.0) | 5 (10.4) | <0.001¶ |
No | 234 (63.9) | 54 (41.9) | 100 (89.3) | 37 (48.0) | 43 (89.6) | ||||
Time to first BMF (hours) | 309 | 6.62 [0.7, 111.1] | 22.95 [4.1, 111.1] | 6.23 [2.67, 41.33] | <0.001∥ | 6.67 [0.7, 104.18] | 6.17 [3.35, 24.77] | 0.117∥ | |
Prenatal preparation | 366 | 1 [0, 3] | 1 [0, 3] | 0.283∥ | 1 [0, 3] | 0.522∥ | |||
Satisfaction with husband’s support | 357 | 0.716∥ | 0.809∥ | ||||||
Satisfaction with other family members’ support | 354 | 0.907∥ | 0.385∥ | ||||||