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An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics
This study aims to describe the local guidelines for the supplemental feeding of infants of Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards. Purposeful sampling was used during a four-week data collection time in 2019. Guidelines from 41 of the 43 Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards were analy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8608126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34968316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11010010 |
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author | Kerstis, Birgitta Richardsson, Anna Stenström, Alexandra Widarsson, Margareta |
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description | This study aims to describe the local guidelines for the supplemental feeding of infants of Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards. Purposeful sampling was used during a four-week data collection time in 2019. Guidelines from 41 of the 43 Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards were analysed using qualitative and quantitative content analysis. The information provided, and length of the guidelines varied widely in 38 guidelines. Feeding methods were included in 28 guidelines, but 10 provided no information about feeding methods. The most common feeding methods were cup feeding and feeding probes. Suggestions for supplemental feeding included infant formula (32), breast milk (27) and no suggestions (6). The methods to support breastfeeding were skin-to-skin contact (25), breastfeeding freely (22), a caring plan (18), extra supervision (3), optimising the caring environment (2), supplying a breast pump (1) and breastfeeding observation (1). Twenty-two guidelines included information about how long formula should be given and that the feeding should be phased out gradually. We conclude that a national guideline for the supplemental feeding of infants is needed to ensure equal best practice care for infant safety and the support of parents to increase the breastfeeding rate. More national guidelines are needed in general because it is easier to update only one set of guidelines. |
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spelling | pubmed-86081262021-12-28 An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics Kerstis, Birgitta Richardsson, Anna Stenström, Alexandra Widarsson, Margareta Nurs Rep Article This study aims to describe the local guidelines for the supplemental feeding of infants of Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards. Purposeful sampling was used during a four-week data collection time in 2019. Guidelines from 41 of the 43 Swedish women’s clinics with maternity wards were analysed using qualitative and quantitative content analysis. The information provided, and length of the guidelines varied widely in 38 guidelines. Feeding methods were included in 28 guidelines, but 10 provided no information about feeding methods. The most common feeding methods were cup feeding and feeding probes. Suggestions for supplemental feeding included infant formula (32), breast milk (27) and no suggestions (6). The methods to support breastfeeding were skin-to-skin contact (25), breastfeeding freely (22), a caring plan (18), extra supervision (3), optimising the caring environment (2), supplying a breast pump (1) and breastfeeding observation (1). Twenty-two guidelines included information about how long formula should be given and that the feeding should be phased out gradually. We conclude that a national guideline for the supplemental feeding of infants is needed to ensure equal best practice care for infant safety and the support of parents to increase the breastfeeding rate. More national guidelines are needed in general because it is easier to update only one set of guidelines. MDPI 2021-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8608126/ /pubmed/34968316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11010010 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Article Kerstis, Birgitta Richardsson, Anna Stenström, Alexandra Widarsson, Margareta An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title | An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title_full | An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title_fullStr | An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title_short | An Overview of Guidelines for Supplemental Feeding of Infants in Swedish Maternity Clinics |
title_sort | overview of guidelines for supplemental feeding of infants in swedish maternity clinics |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8608126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34968316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11010010 |
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