Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33590635›Full record

SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2021

Interventions supporting medical practitioners in the provision of lactation care: A systematic review and narrative analysis.

Melinda Boss, Nicole Saxby, Douglas Pritchard, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Rhonda Clifford

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Melinda BossSchool of Allied Health, Division of Pharmacy, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3024-9651
Nicole SaxbyWomen's and Children's Services, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4682-4502
Douglas PritchardSchool of Medicine, Division of General Practice, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Rafael Pérez-EscamillaDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9416-8039
Rhonda CliffordSchool of Allied Health, Division of Pharmacy, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7789-5717

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most children globally are not breastfed to recommendations. Medical practitioners are frequently visited in the first 6 months post-partum, and the interaction at such visits significantly influences subsequent infant feeding decisions. Medical practitioners report that clinical practice in lactation is often disproportionately reliant on personal experience. This systematic review synthesises the literature on lactation health interventions used to support clinical decision making by medical practitioners. MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus and Cochrane Library databases were searched for peer-reviewed empirical studies published after 2000. Two reviewers independently screened and then assessed full-text articles against inclusion criteria. Quality of reporting and risk of bias were independently assessed using three validated tools. No conclusions can be made regarding the success or failure of implementation strategies used or the outcomes of putting them into effect due to problems with study methodology, intervention reporting and risk of bias. Good-quality research, which follows proven implementation frameworks, is needed to guide and sustain the incorporation of evidence-based decision support into medical practitioners' care of breastfeeding mothers and infants.

Indexed as

Breast FeedingLactationChildFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInfantPostpartum Periodbreastfeedinghealth interventionlactationmedical practitioners

Identifiers

PMID33590635
PMCPMC8189190

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