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The role of skin-to-skin contact in exclusive breastfeeding: a cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in Revista de Saúde Pública, July 2022
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Title
The role of skin-to-skin contact in exclusive breastfeeding: a cohort study
Published in
Revista de Saúde Pública, July 2022
DOI 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004063
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Marivanda Julia Furtado Goudard, Zeni Carvalho Lamy, Sérgio Tadeu Martins Marba, Geisy Maria de Souza Lima, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, Marynea Silva do Vale, Talyta Garcia da Silva Ribeiro, Roberta Costa, Vivian Mara Gonçalves de Oliveira Azevedo, Fernando Lamy-Filho

Abstract

To understand the role of exposure to skin-to-skin contact and its minimum duration in determining exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge in infants weighing up to 1,800g at birth. A multicenter cohort study was carried out in five Brazilian neonatal units. Infants weighing ≤ 1,800g at birth were eligible. Skin-to-skin contact time was recorded by the health care team and parents on an individual chart. Maternal and infant data was obtained from maternal questionnaires and medical records. The Classification Tree, a machine learning method, was used for data analysis; the tree growth algorithm, using statistical tests, partitions the dataset into mutually exclusive subsets that best describe the response variable and calculates appropriate cut-off points for continuous variables, thus generating an efficient explanatory model for the outcome under study. A total of 388 infants participated in the study, with a median of 31.6 (IQR = 29-31.8) weeks of gestation age and birth weight of 1,429g (IQR = 1,202-1,610). The exclusive breastfeeding rate at discharge was 61.6%. For infant's weighting between 1,125g and 1,655g, exposed to skin-to-skin contact was strongly associated with exclusive breastfeeding. Moreover, infants who made an average > 149.6 min/day of skin-to-skin contact had higher chances in this outcome (74% versus 46%). In this group, those who received a severity score (SNAPPE-II) equal to zero increased their chances of breastfeeding (83% versus 63%). Skin-to-skin contact proved to be of great relevance in maintaining exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge for preterm infants weighing 1,125g-1,655g at birth, especially in those with lower severity scores.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 42 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 6 14%
Researcher 3 7%
Professor 2 5%
Librarian 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 22 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 7 17%
Unspecified 6 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 10%
Social Sciences 1 2%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 21 50%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 August 2022.
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#1,685,833
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#23
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#36,898
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#1
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