FamilyLink and Breastfeeding
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Standard PumpingBehavioral: FamilyLink Pumping
- Registration Number
- NCT03957941
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Brief Summary
The central hypothesis guiding this project is that having mothers view live video of their babies while they are pumping increases milk volume, caloric density, and maternal pumping experience.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 39
- Mothers of 30 preterm infants (born before 34 weeks gestational age) admitted to the University of California, Davis neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Mother is pumping breastmilk
- Delivery at least 7 days prior
- Mother not an inpatient,
- Mother has HIV
- Mother without access to a computer, smartphone, or tablet to access FamilyLink
- Infant delivered via surrogacy
- Maternal age outside limit of 18 to 50
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Standard Pumping Standard Pumping Pump three times while away from infant, not watching baby via FamilyLink. FamilyLink Pumping FamilyLink Pumping Pump three times while away from infant, while watching baby via FamilyLink.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean volume of Breast Milk Two days Difference in the the mean volume of breast milk expressed between intervention pumping sessions and control pumping sessions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pumping Efficiency Three times per day for two days Pumping Efficiency will be calculated using the volume of breast milk expressed divided by the number of minutes of the pumping session
FamilyLink breast milk fat content One day Breast milk fat content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a FamilyLink pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
Standard breast milk fat content One day Breast milk fat content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a Standard pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
FamilyLink breast milk protein content One day Breast milk protein content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a FamilyLink pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
Standard breast milk protein content One day Breast milk protein content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a Standard pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
FamilyLink breast milk carbohydrate content One day Breast milk carbohydrate content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a FamilyLink pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
Standard breast milk carbohydrate content One day Breast milk carbohydrate content will be measured from a 5 ml sample of milk collected after a Standard pumping session; The total weight and kilocalories/mL of each nutrient will be tested
Quantitative pumping experience Three times per day for two days Breast Milk Expression Experience Personal Experience Subscale; a five question subscale to measure participants experience with breastfeeding; the minimum score is 5 and the maximum score is 25 (higher scores indicate better outcomes)
Qualitative pumping experience Two days Mothers will be asked open-ended questions, "How was your pumping experience?" "Please describe your experience watching your baby while pumping." "Would you want to use FamilyLink during pumping in the future? Why or why not?" and "Any suggestions to improve the FamilyLink pumping experience?" Responses to these items will be analyzed qualitatively.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California-Davis
🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States