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SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2023

A mixed methods systematic review exploring infant feeding experiences and support in women with severe mental illness.

Natasha Baker, Debra Bick, Louise Bamber, Claire A Wilson, Louise M Howard, Ioannis Bakolis, Tayana Soukup, Yan-Shing Chang

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Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Natasha BakerSection of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6805-9568
Debra BickWarwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8557-7276
Louise BamberChild and Maternal Mental Health Team, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Claire A WilsonSection of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2169-5115
Louise M HowardSection of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9942-744X
Ioannis BakolisDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Informatics & Health Service and Population Research Department, School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4800-1630
Tayana SoukupDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0203-7264
Yan-Shing ChangMethodologies Research Division, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9086-4472
King's College London · GBSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

Department of Health NIHR301556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many benefits of breastfeeding to women and their infants but meeting the recommended 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding is likely to be more challenging for women with severe mental illness (SMI). This is the first systematic review that aims to examine evidence of (a) infant feeding outcomes in women with SMI and the factors associated with this, (b) the experiences of infant feeding and infant feeding support for women with SMI, (c) interventions for supporting infant feeding among these women and (d) health care professionals' attitudes toward supporting infant feeding in women with SMI. Mixed methods systematic review was carried out using the principles of Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) 'convergent integrated' methodology. CINAHL, PsycINFO, Medline and MIDIRS were used to search literature between 1994 and 2022. The quality of selected articles was assessed using JBI critical appraisal tools and thematic synthesis was undertaken to obtain findings. Eighteen papers were included in the final review. Women with SMI were less likely to initiate and continue breastfeeding than women without SMI. Several challenges with breastfeeding were highlighted, and while these were often linked to women's mental health difficulties, inconsistent advice from health care professionals and poor support with breastfeeding further compounded these challenges. This review highlights that policy and practice need to take into account the individual challenges women with SMI face when planning, initiating and maintaining breastfeeding. Education and training for health care professionals are needed to enable them to provide tailored infant feeding support to women with SMI, which reflects their individual needs.

Indexed as

Breast FeedingMental DisordersFemaleHumansInfantWomen's Healthbreastfeedinginfant feedingmixed methodsperinatal mental healthsevere mental illness

Identifiers

PMID37276241
PMCPMC10483956
OpenAlexW4379508449

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