Restriction of pacifier use vs no restriction: Proportion of infants exclusively breastfed at 4‐6 months
Restriction of pacifier use showed no clear difference in proportion of infants exclusively breastfed at 4‐6 months compared with no restriction (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Restriction of pacifier use vs no restriction Proportion of infants exclusively breastfed at 4‐6 months · healthy full‐term newborns whose mothers have initiated breastfeeding and intend to exclusively breastfeed Restriction of pacifier use showed no clear difference in proportion of infants exclusively breastfed at 4‐6 months compared with no restriction (moderate certainty). Effect of restricted pacifier use in breastfeeding term infants for increasing duration of breastfeeding (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.01 [0.94, 1.09] | 1 study · 970 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effect of restricted pacifier use in breastfeeding term infants for increasing duration of breastfeeding 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.