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The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on anxiety of mothers of preterm infants

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on the anxiety of mothers of premature babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Other stressful life events affecting family and household
Z63.7
Registration Number
IRCT20200120046200N3
Lead Sponsor
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
148
Inclusion Criteria

Ages 18 years and above
Willingness to breastfeed
Understanding and speaking ability in Persian language
Willing to manually express milk or use of a manual or electric breast pump in the first 24 hours after delivery
mother's presence in the hospital during the study period
Gestational age less than 32 weeks or birth weight less than 1500 grams
Being NPO for infant
Stable vital signs for infant

Exclusion Criteria

Mother's suffering from psychological disorders requiring medication based on mother's self-report
History of drug and psychoactive abuse
Surgery or breast problems such as abscess, inverted nipple, mastitis or cancer
Having diseases contrary to breastfeeding such as AIDS, active pulmonary tuberculosis
Occurrence of stressful events during the study period
Hospitalization of the mother after delivery in departments other than postpartum
No grade 3 and 4 intraventricular hemorrhage
Absence of pH less than 6 in the fifth minute after birth
Absence of abnormalities in the infant based on medical records

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maternal anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: State Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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