Evaluation of Breastfeeding Support After Short Time Hospitalization

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding
• Interventions: Other: Treatment as usual; Other: New Breastfeeding Counselling

• Registration Number: NCT01620723
• Lead Sponsor: Danish Committee for Health Education

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the developed theory and evidence based programme has a positive effect on mother's breastfeeding self efficacy, establishing an effective breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration after short time hospitalization.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-13
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-15
• Study Start: 2013-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2016-03
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 3541

Inclusion Criteria

• pregnant women (gestational week 35-36)

Exclusion Criteria

• women with known physical, psychological and/or social illness/problem that result in hospitalization more than 50 hours after delivery
• women with known pregnancy related illness that result in hospitalization more than 50 hours after delivery
• Women not understanding or speaking Danish
• women expecting multiple babies
• women having decided not to breastfeed
• women expecting to deliver at another hospital than the one she has been visiting during pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment as usual	Treatment as usual	Breastfeeding counselling uses the national handbook of breastfeeding as reference
New breastfeeding programme	New Breastfeeding Counselling	The breastfeeding programme consists of four core elements: 1. breastfeeding is a parental task 2. skin to skin contact during the first three days 3. frequent breastfeeding at least 8 times a day 4. good positioning, preferable in a laid back position Moreover communication was supposed to enhance breastfeeding self-efficacy, using Banduras theory of self-efficacy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parents breastfeeding self efficacy	7 days post partum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effective breastfeeding	7 days post partum	Effective breastfeeding is measured by the outcome measures: breastfeeding frequency, milk coming in before 3rd day pp, number of stools 3 days pp, baby's swallowing of milk
Duration of exclusive and full breastfeeding	7 and 30 days post partum and 6 month post partum
Baby's morbidity	7 and 30 days post partum and 6 month post partum	Measuring jaundice, dehydration, use of health facilities
Breastfeeding problems	7 and 30days and 6 month post partum	Measuring nipple pain and fissures, too much or too little milk

Trial Locations

Locations (9)

Nykøbing F Sygehuse; 🇩🇰 Nykøbing F, Denmark

Kolding Sygehus; 🇩🇰 Kolding, Denmark

Regionshospitalet Randers; 🇩🇰 Randers, Denmark

Sygehus Vendsyssel; 🇩🇰 Hjoerring, Denmark

Aalborg Sygehus; 🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark

Horsens sygehus; 🇩🇰 Horsens, Denmark

Sygehus Thy-Mors; 🇩🇰 Thisted, Denmark

Haderslev/Sønderborg sygehus; 🇩🇰 Sønderborg, Denmark

Regionshospitalet Viborg; 🇩🇰 Viborg, Denmark