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- Cato, Karin, 1977-
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The first breastfeeding session: studies on caregivers' support and breastfeeding duration
- 2015
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- AbstractCato, K. 2015 The first breastfeeding session: studies on caregivers’ support and breastfeeding duration. 33pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-506-2494-6 It is well-known that the first breastfeeding session can be essential for breastfeeding duration. The hands-on approach given by health care professionals, where health care professionals touch the woman’s breast and the baby in order to stimulate latch on and breastfeeding, has been described as awkward and disturbing. The aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge on the first breastfeeding session postpartum, as to frequency and experience of the hands-on approach, and possible correlates of shorter breastfeeding duration. Questionnaires were sent five days, six weeks and six months postpartum, including questions regarding breastfeeding initiation and duration. Eight hundred and fifty-four women and 679 women were included in Study I and Study II, respectively. The prevalence of the hands-on approach was 38%. Women who received the hands-on approach were more likely to report a negative experience of the first breastfeeding session (Study I). Seventy-seven percent of the women reported exclusive breastfeeding at two months postpartum. Being a first time mother, reporting emotional distress during pregnancy and giving birth by cesarean section were factors independently associated with exclusive breastfeeding less than two months postpartum (Study II). These results can help to develop clinical practice, in order to improve women’s experience of the first breastfeeding session and identifying women in need of targeted, individualized support, to be able to promote longer exclusive breastfeeding duration.
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- Karamanis, Georgios
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Gender dysphoria : Insights on etiology and outcomes
- 2023
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Gender Dysphoria (GD) is defined as significant distress or impairment caused by the discrepancy between an individual's experienced gender and the sex assigned at birth. This work explores the etiology and outcomes of GD through two studies. The first assesses its prevalence in different twin categories, and the second examines the incidence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in individuals undergoing gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa) treatment for GD.The first study utilizes a population-based approach to analyze the prevalence of GD in twins, using data from a Swedish population-based cohort collected over a 16-year period. The objective is to assess the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the development of GD by comparing its prevalence in different-sex twins, same-sex twins, and non-twin siblings. The results indicate a higher prevalence of GD in different-sex twins and suggest a potential influence of intrauterine factors in the development of GD, necessitating further examination of current genetic and environmental theories.The second study focuses on evaluating the occurrence of IIH in individuals undergoing treatment with GnRHa for GD in Sweden between 2006 and 2016. The study did not observe any cases of IIH within the studied cohort. While better-powered studies are needed to clarify any potential association between GnRHa and IIH, the study results do not present substantial evidence to support this association.
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