Breastfeeding Mothers with Suspected or Confirmed Covid-19: A Scoping Review
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Covid-19, Breastfeeding, Mother, Scoping ReviewAbstract
The objective of this study was to summarize a systematic view of the existing knowledge to clarify breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. A scoping review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute method. The literature was quantitative and qualitative studies from the guidelines and recommendations about breastfeeding mothers with suspected or confirmed Covid-19. The context of the study was the situation of Covid-19 from January 2020 to September 2021, covering the databases of PubMed, CINAHL, Science Direct, Scopus, and the Thai database Thailis. A total of 1,394 studies were identified. Ninety-four articles that met the inclusion criteria were considered full papers and 12 studies were eligible for this study.
The finding of the study expressed the need of the mother with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 to continue breastfeeding support, as a responsibility of the healthcare provider. If the mother suspected case or confirmed COVID-19 is asymptomatic, they could breastfeed the baby when under appropriate conditions but should have strict hygiene precautions for preventing transmission before and after breastfeeding. Mothers with signs of respiratory tract infection or severe symptoms should be separated from the infant and breastfed from a donor or milk bank or formula feeding. The mother may express breast milk to maintain the milk level until the Covid-19 test result is negative
The result of the study shows the need for primary research about the risk of infection from the mother to the baby when breastfeeding or the feasibility of developing a milk bank in Thailand. In addition, breastfeeding knowledge in suspected or infected with COVID-19 is needed to support healthcare providers in improving care.
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