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- Title
Human Milk Feeding Status of Preterm Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in China.
- Authors
Peng, Wenjing; Jiang, Siyuan; Li, Shujuan; Xia, Shiwen; Chen, Shushu; Yang, Yi; Lee, Shoo K.; Cao, Yun
- Abstract
Background: Previous low human milk feeding rates in Chinese neonatal intensive care units of preterm infants were reported. There are no nationwide data on these. Research Aims: To investigate the current status of human milk feeding for preterm infants in Chinese units and provide baseline data for future research. Methods: A secondary data analysis was conducted from a previously established clinical database including 25 Chinese neonatal intensive care units. All infants born <34 weeks gestation and admitted to participating units from May 2015 to April 2018 were enrolled. Variables analyzed were infant data collected and the human milk feeding practices at participating units were surveyed. Results: A total of 24,113 infants were included. The overall and exclusive human milk feeding rates were 58.2% and 18.8%, respectively, which increased significantly during study years. We found that rates of human milk feeding decreased with increase in gestational age and birth weight. There was significant variation in human milk feeding rates among units. Most participating Chinese neonatal intensive care units have taken measures to improve the rates of human milk feeding. Conclusions: The human milk feeding rates in Chinese neonatal intensive care units have continued to increase in the past 3 years, but there was significant variation among them. More efforts are needed to further increase the human milk feeding rates in China. Trial registration: This study was registered NCT02600195 with clinicaltrials.gov on November 9, 2015.
- Subjects
CHINA; BIRTH weight; BREAST milk; CHI-squared test; GESTATIONAL age; INFANT nutrition; LONGITUDINAL method; NEONATAL intensive care; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; SAMPLE size (Statistics); DATA analysis; SECONDARY analysis; NEONATAL intensive care units; DATA analysis software; TERTIARY care; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
Journal of Human Lactation, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 2, p283
- ISSN
0890-3344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0890334419901265