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Table 5 Frequency for sleep place, bed-sharing, dummy use, sleep quantity and quality and depression against duration of ‘full breastfeeding’

From: Predictors of breastfeeding duration in a predominantly Māori population in New Zealand

 

Breast feeding from birth N = 182

Still Breast feeding from 4 weeks or more N = 90

Still Breast feeding 13 weeks or more N = 61

Still Breast feeding 26 weeks or more N = 28

OR (95% CI)

p

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

  

Shared parent bedrooma

161 (82)

70 (78)

44 (72)

21 (75)

0.75 (0.42, 1.33)

0.324

Shared mother’s beda

16 (9)

13 (14)

8 (13)

3 (11)

0.64 (0.33, 1.23)

0.179

Used dummya

68 (37)

19 (21)

7 (11)

1 (4)

0.28 (0.17, 0.46)

< 0.001

Sleep quantity and

2.5 (0.65)

2.7(0.61)

2.7 (0.65)

2.5 (0.69)

0.91 (0.64, 1.29)

0.609

sleep quality (4 pt. scale)a

3.2 (0.54)

3.2 (0.51)

3.2 (0.60)

3.3 (0.70)

1.14 (0.74, 1.75)

0.549

‘Possible depression’ b

(10+ on the EPDS)

65 (33)

10 (11)

4 (15)

2 (7)

0.92 (0.54, 1.57)

0.758

  1. Cumulative odds models were used to analyse the data
  2. ausing data collected at all three postnatal assessments
  3. busing data collected at baseline and 3 and 6 months