Sample: inclusion and exclusion criteria
mastitis, nipple damages, malignant disease
SECONDARY, MASTITIS, MALIGNANT DISEASE
The sample consisted of 145 women and 252 photographic images of nipple damages, defined as skin barrier disruptionParticipants were recruited for the primary studies (clinical trials) based on the inclusion criteria: women with a singleton; who had a birth weight equal to or greater than 2,500 grams; and EBF directly on the breast. Women with malformed nipples, mastitis or malignant disease were not included. As for secondary analysis, the exclusion of women whose images interfered with sharpness was added to the eligibility criteria, due to the environment’s natural lighting at the time of the photographic record, due to the difficulty in assessing the images.