Are Mothers Certain About Their Perceptions of Recalled Infant Feeding History?
Lauren R Sorce, Michael E Schoeny, Martha A Q Curley and 1 others
PMID 33020013WHAT IT FOUND
Mothers rated their recalled infant feeding history as very certain.
Certainty did not clearly differ between time periods, and only the first feed showed lower certainty when children were older.
Key findings
01Most mothers rated recall certainty as 100%, including 89% for the first feed and 81%, 77%, and 74% at 1 week, 1 month, and 4 months.
02The test across all four periods suggested differences, but no two periods were clearly different.
03Child age at survey was linked to lower certainty for the first feed, but not for later feeds.
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What it does not show
Only 80 of 157 completed surveys had all four time periods, so the analysis used a smaller group than the original survey sample. The sample was mostly non-Hispanic white infants who had experienced a critical illness, so it may not apply to other infants or families. Children were a mean age of 4.9 years at survey completion, so this was long-term recall. The study did not collect parity, smoking, or years of formal education, which can affect recall. The survey measured certainty, not accuracy, because it did not compare feeding reports with records or prospective feeding data.
Declared interests
The paper lists NIH extramural and non-U.S. government research support. No author conflict-of-interest statement is provided.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read high recall certainty as proof that the feeding history is accurate. The survey measured certainty, not agreement with records or prospective feeding data, and some mothers gave feeding answers even when they rated certainty as 0%.