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Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Education Given in the Antenatal Period

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Breastfeeding
Interventions
Other: breastfeeding education
Registration Number
NCT04757324
Lead Sponsor
Uludag University
Brief Summary

We aimed to examine the influence of breast milk and breastfeeding education given in the ante-natal period on LATCH score and breastfeeding self-efficacy score.

Detailed Description

Practices for increasing breastfeeding self-efficacy are of vital importance and they increase the level of breastfeeding self-efficacy. Breast milk and breastfeeding educations have given in the ante-natal period are another way of increasing the success of breastfeeding.

In this experimental investigation, 80 pregnant women who attended a baby-friendly hospital were randomly assigned to the education (n = 40) or control (n = 40) groups. The pregnant women in the intervention group received 4 hours of human milk and breastfeeding educational sessions along with routine care and furthermore, a brochure prepared by the researcher was given. All women whose estimated delivery date had approximated were questioned about whether they had given birth or not, and the sociodemographic data form, the LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Tool and the Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale-short form were applied to the subjects in the education and the control group by visiting them at home when the post-partum first week had been completed.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
67
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
education armbreastfeeding educationBreastfeeding training was given to the training arm
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in self-efficacy on the 70 points Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale-short form at week 1baseline and week 1
Change from baseline in LATCH score on the 70 points LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Toolform at week 1baseline in week 1

breastfeeding success

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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