Aloka L Patel1, Michael E Schoeny2, Rebecca Hoban3, Tricia J Johnson4, Harold Bigger5, Janet L Engstrom2, Erin Fleurant6, Brittany Riley7, Paula P Meier5. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA. Aloka_Patel@Rush.edu. 2. College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. 3. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4. Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA. 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA. 7. Department of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite high initiation rates for mother's own milk (MOM) provision, MOM feeding at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) drops precipitously and reveals a racial/ethnic disparity. This study sought to identify factors that (1) predict MOM feeding at NICU discharge, and (2) mediate racial/ethnic disparity in MOM feeding at discharge. METHODS: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort study of 415 mothers and their very low birth weight infants. Variables were grouped into five categories (demographics, neighborhood structural, social, maternal health, and MOM pumping). Significant predictors from each category were entered into a multivariable logistic regression model. RESULTS: Although 97.6% of infants received MOM feedings, black infants were significantly less likely to receive MOM feeding at discharge. Positive predictors were daily pumping frequency, reaching pumped MOM volume ≥500 mL/day by 14 days, and maternal age. Negative predictors were low socioeconomic status (SES) and perceived breastfeeding support from the infant's maternal grandmother. Low SES, maternal age, and daily pumping frequency mediated the racial/ethnic differences. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple potentially modifiable factors predict MOM feeding at NICU discharge. Importantly, low SES, pumping frequency, and maternal age were identified as the mediators of racial and ethnic disparity. Strategies to mitigate the effects of modifiable factors should be developed and evaluated in future research.
BACKGROUND: Despite high initiation rates for mother's own milk (MOM) provision, MOM feeding at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) drops precipitously and reveals a racial/ethnic disparity. This study sought to identify factors that (1) predict MOM feeding at NICU discharge, and (2) mediate racial/ethnic disparity in MOM feeding at discharge. METHODS: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort study of 415 mothers and their very low birth weight infants. Variables were grouped into five categories (demographics, neighborhood structural, social, maternal health, and MOM pumping). Significant predictors from each category were entered into a multivariable logistic regression model. RESULTS: Although 97.6% of infants received MOM feedings, black infants were significantly less likely to receive MOM feeding at discharge. Positive predictors were daily pumping frequency, reaching pumped MOM volume ≥500 mL/day by 14 days, and maternal age. Negative predictors were low socioeconomic status (SES) and perceived breastfeeding support from the infant's maternal grandmother. Low SES, maternal age, and daily pumping frequency mediated the racial/ethnic differences. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple potentially modifiable factors predict MOM feeding at NICU discharge. Importantly, low SES, pumping frequency, and maternal age were identified as the mediators of racial and ethnic disparity. Strategies to mitigate the effects of modifiable factors should be developed and evaluated in future research.
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