Breastfeeding Case Study 2022

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BREASTFEEDING
Introduction
The topic for this study is breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is important in cognitive
development of children and in the prevention of allergies and some diseases like asthma
amongst the children. Thus, this paper came up with an objective that related the effects of
breastfeeding on reduction of asthma cases amongst the children. The research questions was,
therefore, formulated as: “what is the effect of breastfeeding on children’s risks of getting
asthma?” This research question thus formed the basis of this paper. After the determination of
this research question, the search strategy formulation ensued to find the relevant three sources
which could be used to complete the assignment. The search strategy helped the researcher to get
the three articles that used different designs as RCT, prospective cohort study as well as case-
control study. These articles were subsequently appraised using different CASP tools patient to
each study design used in each of the three articles.
Methodology
The three articles for this study were obtained on the internet and libraries which are
credited using the known databases like PubMed and ProQuest databases. The search strategy
was developed via the key terms and concepts; truncation & wildcards; combining terms, and
phrases searching besides subject headings. The procedure proceeded the identification of the
concepts alongside terms and the relevant databases selections and resources. The Boolean
operators was then used to combine search terms and then running searches in the selected
resources. The review of the literature was performed and the search results were refined. The
research questions or the topic was used to identify key terms and key words within the topic.
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researcher listed key words drawn from topic and other suitable synonyms alongside terms
acquired in preamble searches. Consequently, the researcher considered singular alongside plural
forms of acronyms, words, variant spelling and suitable index terms for the headings of the
subject. The systematic review of retrieved literature was then used to select the three articles
needed for this study based some exclusion criteria.
RESULTS
RCT
Straňák et al. (2016)
No. Question ANS. Justification
1. Did the trial address a clearly-focused
issue?
Yes Straňák et al., (2016) study
addressed the relationship effects of
restricted formula amount on
facilitation of breastfeeding
2. Was the assignment of patients to
treatments randomized?
Yes. Authors allotted partakers to
treatment group using randomized
method to enroll subjects.
3. Were all the patients who entered the
trial properly accounted for at its
conclusion?
Yes Player totaling to 104 healthy infants
were accounted for.
4. Were patients, health workers, and
study personnel “blind” to treatment?
Yes The participants got blinded in the
study which credibility of the data
gathered. Especially, a research

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nurse was blinded to allocation in
the group who helped to assess the
results during personal interviews
(Straňák et al. (2016).
5. Were the groups similar at the start of
the trial?
Yes They stood matching at baseline
socio-demographic alongside
clinical variables
6. Aside from experimental intervention,
were the groups treated equally?
Yes. They got equal treatment in terms of
random selection and randomization
that avoided bias at selection.
7. How large was the treatment effects? No effects of treatment which as the
results showed no differences in the
groups existed.
8. How precise was the estimate of the
treatment effect?
Estimates stood precise and they
managed to reveal the differences in
the groups.
9. Can the results be applied to the local
population, or in your context?
No It used a small size of the sample
(104) infants that is not
demonstrative of the whole
population and hence cannot be
generalizable unless large size of
sample used in confirming the