Effects of relaxation training on breastfeeding self-efficacy and quality of sleep in mothers with premature infants
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding self-efficacy and quality of sleep.Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classifiedO94-O99
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013082914516N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Council of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Mother inclusion criteria: the mother should be willing to take part in the research; should be over 18 and under 35 years old; should have finished at least fifth grade of elementary school; shouldn't have skeletal and muscular problems; should have poor quality sleep (Petersburg's Sleep Quality Index score being 5 or above); should be physically fit; should not have temperamental and emotional disorders that hinder effective communication; should have access to audiovisual equipments at home; there may be a phone call; drug abuse is not. Neonate inclusion criteria: age between 32 - 36 weeks; no IUGR; the infant shouldn't be congenitally abnormal; enteral feeding for the infant should have been started in the form of po or pg. Neonate exclusion criteria: the infant should be put on a ventilator; the infant's digestive system should undergo surgery; after feeding has been started, the infant should undergo NPO for more than two days; neonate dies.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Breast feeding self-efficacy. Timepoint: Two months after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Dennis questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of sleep. Timepoint: Two months after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI).