The Impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Counselling and Breastfeeding Attitudes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding
• Interventions: Other: Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative

• Registration Number: NCT03070041
• Lead Sponsor: University of Turku

Brief Summary

The impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to breastfeeding, breastfeeding counselling and breastfeeding attitudes will be examined in Satakunta Central Hospital, Finland. The baseline measurement will be conducted before the implementation of BFHI in 2017 and second measurement will be conducted in 2019 after the certification process. Both staff members and breastfeeding mothers will be recruited in the study. The main outcomes are the duration of breastfeeding and breastfeeding attitudes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-03
• Study Start: 2017-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-28
• Study Completion: 2020-02-28
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 425

Inclusion Criteria

• Staff: All staff members taking care of mothers and/or infants in the hospital.
• Mothers: Mothers who have given birth in the study hospital during the data collection period.

Exclusion Criteria

• Mothers:

  • who have given birth outside the hospital,
  • whose infant's condition is critical,
  • whose infants are transferred to another unit.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mothers and staff members	Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative	The mothers who will give birth at the study hospital and all the staff members taking care about mothers and/or infants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of breastfeeding	Six months	Duration of breastfeeding will be asked from the mother

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breastfeeding attitude of the staff (questionnaire)	Two years	Attitude will be measured with a structured questionnaire
Breastfeeding attitude of the mothers (questionnaire)	Four months	Attitude will be measured with a structured and validated questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Satasairaala Central Hospital; 🇫🇮 Pori, Finland