Discharge pack study

Frank and colleagues reported a significant increase in the duration of exclusive breast-feeding among 157 multiethnic low-income mothers receiving a research discharge pack. This represented a median increase in reported duration between those receiving a research discharge pack and those receiving a commercial discharge pack of only 2½ weeks. There are several serious questions, however, about this conclusion by the authors. For example, the authors note that "among the women who received research counseling, the research discharge pack was associated with lower rates of rehospitalization of infants than was the commercial pack (1% v 14%, P = .014, two-tailed).