Objectives:Thisstudywasconductedtosynthesizeresearchesreportingtherelationship betweenbreastfeedingoutcomesandconstituition. Methods:Twoindependentresearchersdetermined whetherthesearched articlesmet fortheinclusioncriteria.Theresultsofincludedstudies...
Objectives:Thisstudywasconductedtosynthesizeresearchesreportingtherelationship betweenbreastfeedingoutcomesandconstituition. Methods:Twoindependentresearchersdetermined whetherthesearched articlesmet fortheinclusioncriteria.Theresultsofincludedstudiesweresummarizedasfollows:the relationshipbetweenbreastfeedingoutcomesandconstitutionsuchaspostpartum lactation volume,hypogalactia,rateofbreastfeedingandmastitis. Results:A totalofnineobservationalstudieswereincludedinthisreview.Amongthe includedstudies,onestudyinvestigatedtheSasang(SS)constitution,whiletheremaining studiesinvestigatedthetraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)constitution.IntheSSconstitution, Soyanginwasreportedtohavesignificantlyhigherpostpartum lactationvolumethanSoeumin orTaeumin.IntheTCM constitution,thegentlenesstypewasassociatedwithalowincidence ofhypogalactiaandmastitis,andahighrateofbreastfeeding,whilepathologicaltypes,especially qi-depressiontypeandqi-deficiencytype,werereportedtobemostrelatedtothenegative resultsofbreastfeedingresults,suchashypogalactia,mastitis,andlowerbreastfeedingrate. Conclusions:Severalstudieshavebeenconductedtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetween breastfeedingoutcomesandconstitution,andtheresultscanbeusedtoestablishcomprehensive managementforpromotionofbreastfeeding.FurtherresearchesareneededinSouthKorea toinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenSSconstitutionandbreastfeedingoutcomesandto establishconstitution-basedcomprehensivemanagementstrategiestoimprovebreastfeeding outcomes.