Implementing a successful proactive telephone breastfeeding peer support intervention: volunteer recruitment, training, and intervention delivery in the RUBY randomised controlled trial

Table 5 Main issues raised by women during calls (as per provided checklist)

5.Topic raised	During first call (n = 359)		Baby age < 12 weeks (excluding first call) (n = 1459)		Baby age ≥ 12 weeks (n = 570)		All calls (n = 2398)
	n	%^a	n	%^a	n	%^a	n	%^a
Number of calls during which at least one specific concern was raised by mother	272	77%	977	67	321	56	1576	66
Specific concern raised
Nipple pain/ damage	87	24	128	9	20	6	235	10
Feed frequency	80	22	228	16	68	12	376	16
Positioning/attachment	78	22	107	7	4	< 1	189	8
General BF information	83	23	218	15	65	11	366	15
Normal infant behaviour	71	20	341	23	106	19	518	22
Supply & demand	66	18	179	12	38	6	283	12
Expressing	63	18	189	13	48	8	300	13
Not enough milk	54	15	138	9	35	6	227	9
General concern/ anxiety	34	9	86	6	21	6	141	6
Engorgement	31	9	64	4	6	1	101	4
Mother’s health problem	25	7	57	4	20	6	102	4
Nipple shield	23	6	44	3	2	< 1	69	3
Oversupply	18	5	53	4	7	1	78	3
Baby unwell	14	4	60	4	17	5	91	4
Tongue-tie	12	3	30	2	2	< 1	44	2
Bottle/ formula feeding	7	2	44	3	20	6	71	3
Mastitis	5	1	41	3	7	1	53	2
Nipple/ breast thrush	5	1	32	2	9	3	46	2
Infant wellbeing	3	< 1	25	2	11	3	39	2
BF in public/ travelling	1	< 1	20	1	4	1	25	1
Return to work	0	0	20	1	12	4	32	1
Introducing solids/ weaning	0	0	6	< 1	49	9	55	2
Other	1	< 1	10	< 1	7	1	18	< 1

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