Telemedicine Breastfeeding Support Following Late Preterm Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Experience
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The central hypothesis guiding this project is that tailored breastfeeding support, that leverages easily accessible telemedicine technologies, can improve breastfeeding outcomes among late preterm dyads. The long-term goals of this project are to improve maternal and child health and reduce health disparities by designing and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes for this challenging patient population. This study seeks to identify lactation support practices that improve breastfeeding duration and to test the effect of telemedicine breastfeeding support on breastfeeding duration, among the nearly one in ten mothers who deliver late preterm (34-37 6/7 weeks), as this subpopulation of mothers faces the highest rates of premature breastfeeding cessation
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •maternal age 18-49 years
- •late preterm delivery (34-37 6/7 weeks)
- •enrollment up to 1 week postpartum
- •breastfeeding initiated
- •access to a smartphone, tablet, or laptop computer in their home
Exclusion Criteria
- •incarceration
- •inability to communicate in English
- •infant with medical condition compromising breastfeeding (e.g. cleft lip and/or palate).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Experience
Time Frame: One month post-enrollment
Mean score on a modified, 16-item Interactive Telehealth Satisfaction Scale \>48 (corresponding to better than neutral on a 5 point Likert scale, 16 questions).
Secondary Outcomes
- Time to cessation(Monthly up to 12 months)
- Breastfeeding at 3 months(3 months)
- Exclusive breastfeeding cessation(Monthly up to 12 months)
- Exclusive breastfeeding(3 months)
- Individual satisfaction questions(1 month post enrollment)