Using text messaging to obtain weekly data on infant feeding in a Danish birth cohort resulted in high participation rates
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Using text messaging to obtain weekly data on infant feeding in a Danish birth cohort resulted in high participation rates. / Bruun, Signe; Wedderkopp, Niels; Mølgaard, Christian; Kyhl, Henriette B; Zachariassen, Gitte; Husby, Steffen.
In: Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 105, No. 6, 2016, p. 648-654.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Using text messaging to obtain weekly data on infant feeding in a Danish birth cohort resulted in high participation rates
AU - Bruun, Signe
AU - Wedderkopp, Niels
AU - Mølgaard, Christian
AU - Kyhl, Henriette B
AU - Zachariassen, Gitte
AU - Husby, Steffen
N1 - CURIS 2016 NEXS 115
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - AIM: Our aim was to use text message questions to obtain prospective, real-time data on exclusive and partial breastfeeding and introduction to complementary foods in a Danish birth cohort. We also wanted to identify factors influencing breastfeeding initiation and cessation.METHODS: This study formed part of the Odense Child Cohort and focused on mothers who gave birth to full-term singletons between April and October 2012. They received the same three to five questions, about breastfeeding, infant formula and introduction to complementary foods, three days after birth and then at weekly intervals.RESULTS: We recruited 499 mothers and the response rate to the first of the weekly questions was ≥89.4% during the study. Three days after birth, 96.7% of mothers were breastfeeding, 61.2% exclusively and 30.2% partially, and 26 weeks after birth 60.2% of mothers were breastfeeding, 1.1% exclusively. Complementary food was introduced at an average age of 20 weeks. Breastfeeding cessation was associated with maternal smoking, lower maternal age and supplementation with infant formula in the first days after birth (all p<0.05).CONCLUSION: Most mothers initiated breastfeeding, but only 1.1% were exclusively breastfeeding at 26 weeks. Text messaging resulted in high response rates and was a feasible data collection method. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
AB - AIM: Our aim was to use text message questions to obtain prospective, real-time data on exclusive and partial breastfeeding and introduction to complementary foods in a Danish birth cohort. We also wanted to identify factors influencing breastfeeding initiation and cessation.METHODS: This study formed part of the Odense Child Cohort and focused on mothers who gave birth to full-term singletons between April and October 2012. They received the same three to five questions, about breastfeeding, infant formula and introduction to complementary foods, three days after birth and then at weekly intervals.RESULTS: We recruited 499 mothers and the response rate to the first of the weekly questions was ≥89.4% during the study. Three days after birth, 96.7% of mothers were breastfeeding, 61.2% exclusively and 30.2% partially, and 26 weeks after birth 60.2% of mothers were breastfeeding, 1.1% exclusively. Complementary food was introduced at an average age of 20 weeks. Breastfeeding cessation was associated with maternal smoking, lower maternal age and supplementation with infant formula in the first days after birth (all p<0.05).CONCLUSION: Most mothers initiated breastfeeding, but only 1.1% were exclusively breastfeeding at 26 weeks. Text messaging resulted in high response rates and was a feasible data collection method. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1111/apa.13382
DO - 10.1111/apa.13382
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26928297
VL - 105
SP - 648
EP - 654
JO - Acta Paediatrica
JF - Acta Paediatrica
SN - 0803-5253
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 157280051