Maternal psychosocial aspects in hypernatremic dehydration with high sodium concentrations in breast milk: A case–control study

Abstract

The present study displays that mothers, with no known biological reason to account for elevated BMS, have more adverse psychosocial characteristics compared with controls; emphasising the importance of psychosocial and emotional factors during lactation and offering implications for the establishment of successful lactation through providing additional psychosocial support to vulnerable mothers.