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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 30)

From: Evaluation of a new lactation device ‘Lactamo’ designed to apply massage, heat or cold, and compression to the breast

Characteristic

Variable

N (%)

Median (Range)

Age (years)

  

33 (27–40)

Parity

Primipara

15 (50)

 

Multipara

15 (50)

 

Maternal country of birth

Australia

15 (50)

 

Othera

15 (50)

 

Mode of birth

Vaginal

15 (50)

 

Caesarean Section

15 (50)

 

Gestation at birth (weeks)

  

38 (28–41)

Preterm (< 37)

9 (30)

 

Term (+) (> 37)

21 (70)

 

Previous breastfeeding experience

Yes

16 (53)

 

No

14 (47)

 

Recruit time (days post birth)

  

3 (0–69)

Within 7 days

24 (80)

 

More than 7 daysb

6 (20)

 
  1. aOther included: three from India, two each from New Zealand and Vietnam, and one each from China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Samoa, and Singapore
  2. b5 of the 6 gave birth to preterm infants and one was a term infant, all infants were in the neonatal unit