Hospital-Based Breastfeeding Training İn The Early Postpartum Period

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postpartum; Education; Women
• Interventions: Other: Breastfeeding education

• Registration Number: NCT04515862
• Lead Sponsor: Ege University

Brief Summary

H1: "Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Status" is higher in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training compared to the control group receiving routine care.

H2: The level of knowledge obtained according to the "Pre-test Post-test Question Form" in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training is higher than before the education.

H3: The status of starting and successfully continuing breastfeeding is higher in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training compared to the control group who received routine care.

Detailed Description

Follow-up data of all mothers were collected by phone at 4 and 12 weeks. For this reason, the phone numbers of the mothers and a relative were recorded.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-01-30
• Study Completion: 2016-03-15
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-15
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. Can be contacted,
2. had a single birth,
3. Those who are 18 years old or older,
4. Residing in Izmir,
5. able to use phone
6. were determined to be mothers with no health problems in the mother and the baby

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention	Breastfeeding education	Intervention group: Mothers in the intervention group were included in the breastfeeding training program with the group training method. The training program was developed by the researchers, and the content of the program was evaluated with the expert opinion of academicians, obstetricians, nurses and breastfeeding counselor midwives working on breastfeeding.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breastfeeding levels of mothers	four weeks, twelve weeks	The exclusive breastfeeding levels of their babies in the fourth and twelfth weeks of the mothers who received and did not receive education were evaluated.
Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale	twelve weeks	This scale was developed by Cindy-Lee Dennis to measure breastfeeding competence and consists of 2 subscales and 33 items. The Turkish validity and reliability of the breastfeeding proficiency scale was made by Ekşioğlu and Çeber (2011). Breastfeeding self-efficacy increases as the total score increases in the 5-point Likert-type scale with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.91. The lowest score is 33, the highest score is 165.
Pre-Test Post-Test Information Form	twelve weeks	It is a question form consisting of 25 questions in order to evaluate the knowledge about breastfeeding and breast milk before and after the training. The first application was done before the training and the second application was carried out in the 12th week.