Do Isreali Infants of Ethiopian Origin Mother Regurgitate More Than Other Infants?

Conditions

Rumination

Keywords

Regurgitation, Infants to Israeli Ethiopian-origin mothers

Brief summary

Nursing team of well baby nursery at Hillel Yaffe medical center in Hadera, Israel have noticed that infant of Ethiopian-origin mothers regurgitate more than other infants. Probably, these infants are breastfeed much more than other infants. Some Ethiopian-origin mothers are used to eat teff-flower porridge during the last weeks of pregnancy and after birth, in order to expand milk production. Study goal is to find out if infants of Ethiopian-origin mother do regurgitate more than others, and if they weight gain is similar to other infants. Another goal is to find out if breastfeeding mothers of Ethiopian origin do eat that porridge, and if there is any difference between those who do eat that porridge and those who do not.

Detailed description

Nursing team of well baby nursery at Hillel Yaffe medical center in Hadera, Israel have noticed that infant of Ethiopian-origin mothers regurgitate more than other infants. Probably, these infants are breastfeed much more than other infants. Some Ethiopian-origin mothers are used to eat teff-flower porridge during the last weeks of pregnancy and after birth, in order to expand milk production. Study goal is to find out if infants of Ethiopian-origin mother do regurgitate more than others, and if they weight gain is similar to other infants. Another goal is to find out if breastfeeding mothers of Ethiopian origin do eat that porridge, and if there is any difference between those who do eat that porridge and those who do not.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALBreastfeeding

Breastfeeding

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 7 Days

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Infants born at Hillel Yaffe medical center during 2009 (To Ethiopian origin mother in study group, and to non-Ethiopian origin mothers in control group)

Exclusion criteria

* Infants who were transferred to NICU for any reason.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
% weight decrease	First week of life	Proportion of minimal weight during hospitalization to birth weight

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Number of regurgitations per day	First week of life

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed