Table 2 Comparisons of infant feeding practices between mothers with and without symptoms of PND a (EPDS ≥10) at each time point
Variables | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 8 months | 12 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n)b | P | % (n) | P | % (n) | P | % (n) | P | % (n) | P | |
Exclusive breastfeeding | ||||||||||
 Overall | 72.9 (697/956) |  | 63.4 (600/946) |  | 13.7 (128/932) |  |  |  |  |  |
with symptoms of PND | 57.1 (32/56) | < 0.01 | 49.1 (27/55) | 0.02 | 9.4 (5/53) | 0.35 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
without symptoms of PND | 73.9 (665/900) | Â | 64.3 (573/891) | Â | 14.0 (123/879) | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â |
Partial breastfeeding | ||||||||||
 Overall | 97.0 (927/956) |  | 89.7 (848/946) |  | 76.1 (709/931) |  | 62.8 (582/927) |  | 29.1 (265/910) |  |
with symptoms of PND | 89.3 (50/56) | < 0.01 | 74.5 (41/55) | < 0.01 | 56.6 (30/53) | < 0.01 | 47.2 (25/53) | 0.02 | 23.1 (12/52) | 0.32 |
without symptoms of PND | 97.4 (877/900) | Â | 90.6 (807/891) | Â | 77.3 (679/878) | Â | 63.7 (557/874) | Â | 29.5 (253/858) | Â |
Formula feeding | ||||||||||
 Overall | 27.1 (259/956) |  | 36.3 (343/945) |  | 55.6 (517/931) |  | 68.6 (636/927) |  | 85.2 (775/909) |  |
with symptoms of PND | 42.9 (24/56) | < 0.01 | 28 (50.9) | 0.02 | 69.8 (37/53) | 0.03 | 84.9 (45/53) | 0.01 | 92.3 (48/52) | 0.14 |
without symptoms of PND | 26.1 (235/900) | Â | 315 (35.4) | Â | 54.7 (480/878) | Â | 67.6 (591/874) | Â | 84.8 (727/857) | Â |