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Effects of lactation room quality on working mothers’ feelings and thoughts related to breastfeeding and work

a randomized controlled trial and a field experiment

Effects of lactation room quality on working mothers’ feelings and thoughts related to breastfeeding and work

a randomized controlled trial and a field experiment

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Background The challenging combination of breastfeeding and work is one of the main reasons for early breastfeeding cessation. Although the availability of a lactation room (defined as a private space designated for milk expression or breastfeeding) is important in enabling the combination of breastfeeding and work, little is known about the effects of lactation room quality on mothers’ feelings and thoughts related to breastfeeding and work. We hypothesized that a high-quality lactation room (designed using the Theory of Supportive Design) would cause mothers to experience less stress, have more positive thoughts about milk expression at work, perceive more organizational support, and report more subjective well-being, than a low-quality lactation room. Methods In an online randomized controlled trial (Study 1), Dutch mothers (N = 267) were shown either a high-quality or a low-quality lactation room (using pictures and descriptions for the manipulation) and were then asked about their feelings and thoughts. In a subsequent field experiment (Study 2) we modified the lactations rooms in a large organization in Groningen, the Netherlands, to manipulate lactation room quality, and asked mothers (N = 61) who used either a high-quality or low-quality lactation room to fill out surveys to assess the dependent variables. Results The online study showed that mothers exposed to the high-quality lactation room anticipated less stress, more positive cognitions about milk expression at work, more perceived organizational support, and more subjective well-being than mothers exposed to the low-quality lactation room (p 

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OrganisatieHanzehogeschool Groningen
Gepubliceerd inInternational Breastfeeding Journal BioMed Central, Vol. 17, Uitgave: 1
Datum2022-08-09
TypeArtikel
DOI10.1186/s13006-022-00499-0
TaalEngels

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