Table 2 Maternal and infant baseline characteristics of the study groups
From: Breastfeeding counseling based on formative research at primary healthcare Services in Mexico
Intervention n = 40 | Control N = 40 | P | |||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Maternal age (y) | 27.1 | 7.3 | 25.6 | 5.9 | 0.31 |
Infant age (m) | 1.65 | 1.5 | 1.23 | 1.5 | 0.21 |
Number of children | 2 | 1.2 | 1.93 | 1.1 | 0.77 |
Birthweight (kg) | 3.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
Gestational age at delivery (w) | 39.3 | 1.3 | 39.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Intervention | Control | P | |||
% | n | % | n | ||
C-section | 35 | 14 | 45 | 18 | 0.49 |
Primiparous | 48 | 19 | 48 | 19 | 1.00 |
Female infant | 53 | 21 | 55 | 22 | 0.82 |
Previous BF information | 80 | 32 | 58 | 23 | 0.05 |
Marital Status | |||||
Living with partner | 60 | 24 | 65 | 26 | 0.69 |
Married | 18 | 7 | 20 | 8 | |
Single | 22 | 9 | 15 | 6 | |
Occupation | |||||
Homemaker | 80 | 32 | 68 | 27 | 0.46 |
Employed | 20 | 8 | 22 | 9 | |
Student | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
Education | |||||
Elementary | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
Middle school | 45 | 18 | 40 | 16 | 0.63 |
High school | 35 | 14 | 28 | 11 | |
University graduate | 15 | 6 | 22 | 9 | |
Main obstacles | |||||
Infant dissatisfaction | 23 | 9 | 23 | 9 | |
BF in public | 23 | 9 | 23 | 9 | |
Pain | 18 | 7 | 20 | 8 | |
PIM | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | |
Work | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
None | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0.88 |