Achieving sufficient milk supply supports mothers to cope with premature birth
Isabella Schwab,
Ricarda Wullenkord,
Tim Ohnhäuser
et al.
Abstract:AimTo explore whether and how expressing breast milk is perceived as helpful in coping with negative emotions due to premature birth by mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.MethodsQualitative interviews and a retrospective cross‐sectional questionnaire with mothers of VLBW infants were conducted and analysed using an exploratory sequential mixed‐method design. Hypotheses were built using qualitative content analysis and quantitatively tested using multivariate regression analysis.ResultsInterviews w… Show more
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