Sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention improves mothers’ feeding practices: a randomized controlled trial among African American mother-infant dyads

Hernandez, Erika; Lavner, Justin A.; Moore, Amy M.; Stansfield, Brian K.; Beach, Steven R. H.; Smith, Jessica J.; Savage, Jennifer S.

doi:10.1186/s12966-022-01366-1

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 Effect of RP intervention on maternal feeding practices

From: Sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention improves mothers’ feeding practices: a randomized controlled trial among African American mother-infant dyads

	RP	Control	p	Odds ratio [95% CI] or Partial η²
Bottle-feeding practices
Currently adding cereal to bottle^a
	37/82 (45.1%)	48/87 (55.2%)	0.28	0.71 [0.4-1.3]
Uses slow flow nipple^a
	44/77 (57.14%)	38/80 (47.5%)	0.27	1.43 [0.8-2.7]
Uses bottle < 8 oz^a
	58/79 (73.4%)	62/84 (73.8%)	0.79	0.91 [0.4-1.9]
Daytime (7am-7pm) feedings – mean (SD)^a
	6.05 (1.94) n = 96	6.09 (2.07) n = 95	0.74	0.0006
Nighttime (7 pm-7 am) feedings – mean (SD)
	4.00 (1.77) n = 96	4.34 (2.13) n = 95	0.24	0.007
Introduction to other beverages/solids
Introduced other beverages^a
	26/96 (27.1%)	35/94 (37.2%)	0.23	0.67 [0.4-1.3]
Introduced solid foods^a
	18/96 (18.8%)	23/94 (24.5%)	0.74	0.86 [0.4-2.0]
Pressure-based and responsive feeding
Pressure to finish/soothe factor – mean (SD)
	2.04 (0.72), n = 96	2.33 (0.75), n = 94	0.007	0.04
Pressure with cereal factor – mean (SD)
	2.70 (1.22), n = 96	2.99 (1.18), n = 94	0.09	0.02
I let my baby decide how much to eat
	4.00 (1.25), n = 95	3.40 (1.59), n = 94	0.005	0.04
My baby lets me know when s/he is full
	4.63 (0.73), n = 96	4.63 (0.66), n = 94	0.98	0.000
My baby lets me know when s/he is hungry
	4.69 (0.58), n = 95	4.60 (0.71), n = 93	0.33	0.005
Food to soothe
Use of breast milk/formula to soothe
	87/95 (91.6%)	91/99 (91.9%)	0.80	0.88 [0.3-2.5]
Use of other beverages to soothe
	16/96 (16.7%)	32/97 (33.0%)	0.01	0.42 [0.2-0.8]
Use of solid foods to soothe^a
	21/96 (21.9%)	35/97 (36.1%)	0.08	0.53 [.3-1.1]
Context-based food to soothe – mean (SD)
	2.88 (1.01), n = 94	3.01 (0.96), n = 92	0.37	0.004
Emotion-based food to soothe – mean (SD)
	2.10 (1.08), n = 92	2.00 (1.04), n = 88	0.99	0.0000
Sleep-based food to soothe – mean (SD)
	3.79 (1.04), n = 93	3.82 (1.00), n = 91	0.82	0.0003

^a Indicates models in which the study window timing for the 16-week visit was significant and therefore retained

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