Author (yr) | Country (City) | Population (n) | Design | Type of BF intervention | Outcome variable | Type of analysis | Effects & associations | Quality assessment |
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Henry-Moss D, Abbuhl S, Bellini L, Spatz DL. (2018) [46] | USA (Philadelphia) | Women working at Penn Medicine facility and had pumped milk at work within the previous 5 years (n = 151) | Cross-sectional | -Designated spaces for BF1 or expressing milk | Breast pumping duration | Bivariate | Women who had pumped for at least one child reported reaching their personal pumping goal, and a significantly longer duration. | Very low |
Snyder K, Hansen K, Brown S, Portratz A, White K, Dinkel D. (2018) [47] | USA (Nebraska) | Women returning to work while breastfeeding (n = 1002) | Cross-sectional | -Designated spaces for BF or expressing milk -Flexible scheduling to support milk expression - Support from colleagues | Breast pumping duration | Chi-square goodness of fit tests. | Breast pumping duration significantly varied with type of work, as well as other factors such as employer support and meeting BF goals. | Very low |
Tsai SY. (2014) [48] | Southern Taiwan | Employed mothers at a large electronics manufacturer company in Southern Taiwan (n = 715) | Cross-sectional | -Designated spaces for BF or expressing milk -Support from colleagues | Use of expression breaks, use of lactation rooms, BF duration | Logistic regression | Significant association between: -partner’s BF support and use of breaks (AOR2 = 1.43) and use of lactation room (AOR = 1.66), -partner’s encouragement to use the lactation room and use of breaks (AOR = 6.64); lactation room (AOR = 7.35) -partner’s encouragement to use milk expression breaks and use of breaks (AOR = 3.23); lactation room (AOR = 2.64) -partner’s support intention to keep BF and use of breaks (AOR = 2.63=, lactation room (AOR = 2.10) Partner’s support increased the odds of continuing BF. | Low |
Tsai SY. (2014) [49] | Southern Taiwan | Employed mothers at a large electronics manufacturer company in Southern Taiwan (n = 715) | Cross-sectional | -Designated spaces for BF or expressing milk -Support from colleagues | Use of pumping breaks | Logistic regressions | Associations between use of pump breaks and higher education (AOR = 2.33), type of work station (AOR = 1.51), awareness of pumping breaks (AOR = 4.1), having encouragement of colleagues to use the breaks (AOR = 1.76), better awareness of BF benefits (AOR = 1.08), perceptions that taking the breaks can reduce work efficiency (AOR = 0.55) | Low |