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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of participants in the study

From: Feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of an innovative postnatal home-based breastfeeding peer support programme in Hong Kong: a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Primiparous woman

Intending to breastfeed (any)

Singleton pregnancy

Term infant (37–42 gestational weeks)

Speaks Cantonese

Hong Kong resident

No serious medical or obstetrical complications

Exclusion criteria

Infant with Apgar score < 8 at 5 min

Infant with birthweight < 2500 g

Infant with any severe medical condition or congenital malformation

Infant was placed in the special care baby unit for more than 48 h after birth

Infant was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit at any time after birth