Assessment of Improvement in the Feeding Practices and Early Infant Feeding Patterns by providing Mobile Based Health Education to Multigravida Mothers

Phase 2

Not yet recruiting

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/03/031795
• Lead Sponsor: Keerthi Raj

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Multigravida mothers with at least one live birth

Multigravida mothers with no high risk factors

Singleton pregnancy, term gestation

Mothers who are literate in kannada

Mothers who have access to a smart phone within family

Mothers who uses whatsapp for communication on her mobile device

Exclusion Criteria

For Antenatal Study

-Mothers not willing to exclusively breast feed for 6 moths

-Mothers who have exclusively breast fed their babies for 6 moths i previous pregnancies.

-Mother with retroviral disease and COVID-19 illness.

-Mothers prevoously educated with video on breastfeeding technique.

For Postnatal Study

-Mothers Who are not able to breastfeed within 48 hours after delivery.

-Mothers with postpartum complication admitted in intensive care unit.

-Primary Lactation Failure.

-Mothers on drugs contraindicated for breastfeeding.

-Infants with orofacial malformations.

-Infants admitted in NICU.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
effect of antenatal video intervention and postnatal self reinforcement in multigravida mothers on exclusive breast feeding rates at 2months,4 months and 6 months post deliveryTimepoint: 2months,4 months and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Duration of exclusive breast feeding compared to previous pregnancies <br/ ><br>2.Follow up at 2,4 and 6 months after delivery, telephonically to assess the infant feeding practices <br/ ><br>3.Utilisation of whatsapp for the mobile health material given to the mothers <br/ ><br>4.Utilisation of telehealth services for infant feeding practices by the motherTimepoint: 2months, 4months and 6 months