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. 1989 Jun;16(2):64-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1989.tb00863.x.

Hospital practices and breastfeeding duration: a meta-analysis of controlled trials

A C Bernard-Bonnin, S Stachtchenko, G Girard, E Rousseau

Hospital practices and breastfeeding duration: a meta-analysis of controlled trials

A C Bernard-Bonnin et al. Birth. 1989 Jun.

Abstract

Controlled clinical trials studying the influence of hospital practices on breastfeeding duration were combined using meta-analysis. Nine studies were selected. Supplementation demonstrated a negative clinical effect on breastfeeding duration that was not significant. Nursing support demonstrated a positive clinical effect on breastfeeding duration that was not statistically significant if there was no telephone follow-up, but was significant if there was telephone follow-up. Early contact revealed a positive clinical effect that was significant. We conclude that early contact and nursing support with telephone follow-up appear as enhancing factors of breastfeeding duration.

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