Table 6 Effects of interventions in different settings
Setting of intervention | Number of trials | No of events | Effect | Certainty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Relative (95% CI) | Absolute (95% CI) | |||
Number of women who do not initiate breastfeeding within 1Â h of birth | ||||||
 Urban | 2 trials | 80/300 (26.7%) | 117/272 (43.0%) | RR 0.59 (0.39 to 0.91) | 176 fewer per 1000 (from 39 fewer to 262 fewer) | Low |
 Rural | 1 trial | 378/392 (96.4%) | 388/402 (96.5%) | RR 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) | 0 fewer per 1000 (from 29 fewer to 29 more) | Moderate |
 Urban and rural | 2 trials | 460/931 (49.4%) | 455/854 (53.3%) | RR 0.91 (0.64 to 1.29) | 48 fewer per 1000 (from 155 more to 192 fewer) | Very low |
Number of women who stop any breastfeeding before 4–6 weeks postpartum | ||||||
 Urban | 21 trials (23 comparisons) | 978/3428 (28.5%) | 984/3032 (32.5%) | RR 0.85 (0.76 to 0.96) | 49 fewer per 1000 (from 13 fewer to 78 fewer) | Low |
 Rural | 1 trial | 12/25 (48.0%) | 7/25 (28.0%) | RR 1.71 (0.81 to 3.63) | 199 more per 1000 (from 53 fewer to 736 more) | Low |
Number of women who stop any breastfeeding before 6 months postpartum | ||||||
 Urban | 19 trials (20 comparisons) | 1444/2680 (53.9%) | 1418/2496 (56.8%) | RR 0.91 (0.84 to 0.98) | 51 fewer per 1000 (from 11 fewer to 91 fewer) | Low |
 Rural | 2 trials | 57/180 (31.7%) | 62/203 (30.5%) | RR 1.03 (0.82 to 1.29) | 9 more per 1000 (from 55 fewer to 89 more) | Moderate |
 Urban and rural | 1 trial | 81/135 (60.0%) | 79/135 (58.5%) | RR 1.03 (0.84 to 1.25) | 18 more per 1000 (from 94 fewer to 146 more) | Low |
Number of women who stop exclusive breastfeeding before 4–6 weeks postpartum | ||||||
 Urban | 23 trials (28 comparisons) | 2031/3561 (57.0%) | 1893/2810 (67.4%) | RR 0.81 (0.74 to 0.89) | 128 fewer per 1000 (from 74 fewer to 175 fewer) | Low |
 Rural | 1 trial | 17/25 (68.0%) | 13/25 (52.0%) | RR 1.31 (0.82 to 2.08) | 161 more per 1000 (from 94 fewer to 562 more) | Low |
Number of women who stop exclusive breastfeeding before 6 months postpartum | ||||||
 Urban | 18 trials (21 comparisons) | 1757/2500 (70.3%) | 1697/2181 (77.8%) | RR 0.87 (0.81 to 0.93) | 101 fewer per 1000 (from 54 fewer to 148 fewer) | Low |
 Rural | 2 trials | 284/611 (46.5%) | 542/617 (87.8%) | RR 0.55 (0.15 to 1.95) | 395 fewer per 1000 (from 747 fewer to 835 more) | Very low |
 Urban and rural | 3 trials | 984/1251 (78.7%) | 1130/1188 (95.1%) | RR 0.77 (0.47 to 1.24) | 219 fewer per 1000 (from 228 more to 504 fewer) | Very low |
Number of infants fed with bottles during the first 6 months postpartum | ||||||
 Urban | 3 trials | 371/573 (64.7%) | 424/568 (74.6%) | RR 0.87 (0.80 to 0.94) | 97 fewer per 1000 (from 45 fewer to 149 fewer) | Moderate |