Impact of an intervention for perinatal anxiety on breastfeeding: findings from the Happy Mother—Healthy Baby randomized controlled trial in Pakistan

Table 4 Estimated intervention effects (intervention arm relative to control arm) among 358 women in the control arm, and 195 women in the intervention arm receiving six intervention sessions in the HMHB trial

	Intervention Arm	Control Arm	Unadjusted Odds Ratio^a	Adjusted Odds Ratio^b
	N (%)	N (%)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)
Early breastfeeding	154 (79%)	247 (69%)	1.69 (1.12, 2.54)	1.62 (1.06, 2.47)
Exclusive early breastfeeding	24 (12%)	34 (9%)	1.34 (0.77, 2.32)	1.27 (0.72, 2.24)
Recent breastfeeding	181 (93%)	309 (86%)	2.05 (1.10, 3.81)	1.93 (1.02, 3.65)
Exclusive recent breastfeeding	102 (52%)	175 (49%)	1.15 (0.81, 1.63)	1.14 (0.80, 1.63)

^aSignificance determined by logistic regression
^bAdjusted for gestational age, depressive and anxiety symptoms at enrolment (HADS), stress at enrolment (PSS-10), major social support (MSPSS), social support from family (MSPSS), maternal age, child’s gender, whether first pregnancy or not and history of stillbirth or miscarriage using logistic regression

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