Breastfeeding Rates at the Department of Neonatology of University Hospital Cologne (BFRUHC)

University Hospital of Cologne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Newborn

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02464579

UHC-N-15-013

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to measure the breastfeeding success for all preterm and term newborns in our department of neonatology during the hospital stay and at the age of six months.

Full description

A score was established which combines information on breastfeeding rate and breastmilk feeding rate, and used to monitor daily breastfeeding success.

Enrollment: 450 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 7 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inborn or referred to our Department of Neonatology in the first week of life
• Informed consent of both parents or legal guardian

Exclusion criteria

• No informed consent of parent or legal guardian.