INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention and infant feeding practices: randomized clinical trial

Table 5 Effect of RP intervention on use of feeding to soothe, mean (SD)

	Parenting (n = 140)	Control (n = 139)	p-value^c	Odds ratio (CI) or Cohen’s D
When infant cries, I immediately feed (denominator = all available)
16 weeks
Never	33/131 (25.2%)	18/129 (14.0%)	0.01	0.6 (0.4–0.9)
Seldom	57/131 (43.5%)	58/129 (45.0%)
Half of the time	34/131 (26.0%)	37/129 (28.7%)
Most of the time	7/131 (5.3%)	11/129 (8.5%)
Always	0/131 (0%)	5/129 (3.9%)
28 weeks
Never	51/128 (39.8%)	33/126 (26.2%)	0.0009	0.5 (0.3–0.7)
Seldom	52/128 (40.6%)	46/126 (36.5%)
Half of the time	23/128 (18.0%)	36/126 (28.6%)
Most of the time	2/128 (1.6%)	8/126 (6.4%)
Always	0/128 (0%)	3/126 (2.4%)
Food to soothe: Context-based^a
8 weeks	2.57 (0.81), n = 129	2.83 (0.72), n = 119	0.008	0.34
16 weeks	2.50 (0.74), n = 130	2.76 (0.84), n = 123	0.009	0.33
32 weeks	2.00 (0.62), n = 117	2.43 (0.82), n = 112	< 0.0001	0.59
44 weeks	2.16 (0.70), n = 116	2.56 (0.76), n = 118	< 0.0001	0.55
Food to soothe: Emotion-based^a
8 weeks	1.78 (0.94), n = 128	2.01 (0.92), n = 110	0.07	0.25
16 weeks	1.57 (0.77), n = 125	1.90 (0.89), n = 116	0.002	0.40
32 weeks	1.36 (0.50), n = 117	1.65 (0.71), n = 110	0.0003	0.47
44 weeks	1.31 (0.47), n = 115	1.62 (0.71), n = 117	0.0001	0.51
Food to soothe efficacy: Beverages^b
8 weeks	3.09 (0.72), n = 129	3.31 (0.69), n = 122	0.02	0.31
16 weeks	2.93 (0.76), n = 123	3.15 (0.68), n = 128	0.01	0.31
32 weeks	2.55 (0.77), n = 100	2.77 (0.75), n = 104	0.03	0.29
44 weeks	2.36 (0.70), n = 97	2.56 (0.75), n = 104	0.046	0.28
Food to soothe efficacy: Solid Foods²
32 weeks	1.83 (0.48), n = 46	2.06 (0.45), n = 54	0.02	0.49
44 weeks	2.03 (0.46), n = 58	2.11 (0.57), n = 73	0.43	0.15

Notes. ^aScale ranged from 1 (never) to 5 (always) ^bScale ranged from 1 (does not work) to 4 (works all of the time)
^cp for study group difference, ANOVA or logistic regression adjusted for stratification variables

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