Table 5 Multivariable analysis of demographic and clinical predictors of exclusively feeding on breastmilk at discharge for newborns discharged alive from Rwinkwavu and Kirehe District Hospital neonatal care units from October – December 2017 and September 2018 – March 2019

Study time period

 Pre-intervention

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 Post-intervention

3.53

2.00

2.24

1.17, 10.72

4.91

2.26

3.46

1.99, 12.11

Hospital of admission

 Kirehe

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 Rwinkwavu

0.40

0.21

-1.75

0.14, 1.12

Place of child's birth

 Hospital

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 Health center

0.40

0.30

-1.23

0.09, 1.73

0.44

0.22

-1.68

0.17, 1.15

 Home

0.22

0.19

-1.79

0.04, 1.16

0.15

0.09

-3.25

0.05, 0.47

Type of delivery

 Vaginal

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 Caesarean-section

0.83

0.64

-0.23

0.19, 3.77

Sex of child

 Male

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 Female

0.63

0.34

-0.84

0.22, 1.83

Birthweight category

 Extremely low birthweight, < 1000 g

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 Very low birthweight, < 1500 g

1.76

3.11

0.32

0.06, 56.25

 LBW^a, < 2500 g

3.46

5.61

0.76

0.14, 83.08

 Normal birthweight ≥ 2500 g

1.60

2.85

0.26

0.05, 52.78

Prematurity category recorded in hospital register

 Term

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 Preterm

0.31

0.23

-1.57

0.07, 1.34

0.36

0.17

-2.22

0.15, 0.87

Mother's age

  < 20 years

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 20–24 years

0.89

1.15

-0.09

0.07, 11.24

 25–34 years

0.45

0.60

-0.60

0.03, 6.06

 35 + years

0.58

0.84

-0.38

0.03, 9.87

Parity (# viable deliveries) of mother

 1 delivery

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 2–4 deliveries

0.76

0.56

-0.38

0.18, 3.21

 5 + deliveries (grand multiparous)

0.59

0.55

-0.56

0.09, 3.71

Diagnosed with infection or infection risk

 No

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 Yes

3.09

1.82

1.91

0.97, 9.83

2.99

1.49

2.21

1.13, 7.93

Diagnosed with HIE^b/asphyxia

 No

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 Yes

0.79

0.75

-0.25

0.12, 5.09

Day of life (DOL^c) of first breastmilk feed

 DOL0

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 DOL1

0.24

0.26

-1.32

0.03, 2.03

0.24

0.26

-1.32

0.03, 2.00

 DOL2

0.12

0.14

-1.81

0.01, 1.19

0.11

0.13

-1.96

0.01, 0.995

 DOL3 or later

0.05

0.06

-2.55

0.01, 0.51

0.04

0.04

-2.92

0.005, 0.35