Table 1 Included potential covariates in the analysis.

From: The role of breastfeeding and formula feeding regarding depressive symptoms and an impaired mother child bonding

Potential covariate

Education

Previous psychiatric diagnoses

Number of children/whether the woman was primiparous

Parttime work/planned parental leave

Depression prenatal (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS))

Low control during delivery (emergency caesarean)

Caesarean section in general

Partner relationship/social support ("Feeling Comfortable During Pregancy" (original: Schwanger Wohlfühlen)) 

Prenatal medical care

Length of stay at the hospital

Mental wellbeing (“Feeling Comfortable During Pregnancy” (original: Schwanger Wohlfühlen))

Physical wellbeing (“Feeling Comfortable During Pregnancy” (original: Schwanger Wohlfühlen))

Coping mechanisms (“Feeling Comfortable During Pregnancy” (original: Schwanger Wohlfühlen))

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