TY - JOUR T1 - Telephone support for breastfeeding by primary care: A randomised multicentre trial JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Balaguer Martínez,Josep Vicent AU - Valcarce Pérez,Inmaculada AU - Esquivel Ojeda,Jessica Noelia AU - Hernández Gil,Alicia AU - Martín Jiménez,María del Pilar AU - Bernad Albareda,Mercè SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2018.02.005 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2018.02.005 UR - https://analesdepediatria.org/en-telephone-support-for-breastfeeding-by-articulo-S2341287918301662 AB - ObjectiveTo evaluate a telephone support programme for mothers who breastfeed for the first 6 months. MethodsA randomised unmasked clinical trial was conducted in 5 urban Primary Care centres that included mothers with healthy newborns who were breastfeeding exclusively (EBF) or partially (PBF). The control group received the usual care. The intervention group also received telephone support for breastfeeding on a weekly basis for the first 2months and then every 2weeks until the sixth month. The type of breastfeeding was recorded in the usual check-up visit (1, 2, 4 and 6 months). ResultsThe study included 193 patients in the intervention group, and 187 in a control group. The greatest increase in the percentage of EBF was observed at 6 months: 21.4% in the control group compared to 30.1% in the intervention group. However, in the adjusted odds ratios analysis, confidence intervals did not show statistical significance. The odds ratio at 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months for EBF were 1.45 (0.91–2.31), 1.35 (0.87–2.08), 1.21 (0.80–1.81), and 1.58 (0.99–2.53), respectively. The odds ratio in the same age groups for any type of breastfeeding (EBF+PBF) were 1.65 (0.39–7.00), 2.08 (0.94–4.61), 1.37 (0.79–2.38), and 1.60 (0.98–2.61), respectively. ConclusionsTelephone intervention was not effective enough to generalise it. ER -