Comparison of intervention and control group characteristics for infant illness, maternal attachment style and infant temperament.
Eleven mothers did not complete outcome measures at all three timepoints. Completer vs non-completer comparison analyses found no differences between completers and non-completers on any demographic or baseline measures and no differences on adult attachment style. There were differences in infant temperament between completers and non-completers (All intervention participants had used a sling in the past six weeks at both T2 and T3. At T2, 5/23 control participants (22%) had not used a sling in the past six weeks, decreasing to 2/26 (8%) at T3. 