0824 The Association Between Sleeping Arrangements and Breastfeeding Duration
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Abstract
Abstract Introduction The World Health Organization recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for at least the first 6 months of life, and then partially breastfed until 2 years of age and onward, if preferred. However, the choice to breastfeed an infant is influenced by cultural, biological, and social factors. For instance, factors which may promote breastfeeding include bedsharing, but the current literature requires more longitudinal examinations and follow-ups. The current project aims to investigate the associations between bedsharing at 6 months and the duration of breastfeeding. Methods The analysis included data from 294 mother-infant dyads (52 bedshared) from the Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment cohort. Maternal reports of their infant’s sleep location were reported at 6 months of infancy. Infants who shared a bed with their mother were considered to bedshare, whereas those who slept in the same room as their mother, in their own room alone, or in their own room with someone else where not considered to bedshare. A retroactive measure of breastfeeding was given to mothers (until infants were 24 months), in which they were asked how old the infant was when they stopped breastfeeding. An independent samples t-test was conducted to compare breastfeeding duration between infants who bedshare and those who do not. Results Bedsharing infants were breastfed for a longer period (in months; M=12.87, SD=5.21) than infants who did not bedshare (M=10.64, SD=3.97; t(292)=-3.48, p=<.001). Conclusion These results show that infants who bedshare with their mother are likely to be breastfed for about 2 months more. These results provide support for the protective nature of bedsharing at 6 months on breastfeeding duration. Given these potential benefits, these results highlight the need for clear recommendations for parents to safely practice bed sharing if they are willing to use this sleeping arrangement. Support (if any) Malka Hershon holds a Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s program (SSHRC). Dr. Pennestri holds a Chercheur-Boursier Award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé and a William Dawson Award from McGill University.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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