Professional Breastfeeding Support Intervention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding
• Interventions: Other: In-hospital professional support; Other: Postpartum telephone follow-up support

• Registration Number: NCT01893736
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct an early postpartum professional breastfeeding intervention to postpartum women who are intended to breastfeed newborn babies to improve breastfeeding outcomes.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to determine whether early post-partum professional breastfeeding support improves breastfeeding outcomes.

The primary hypotheses are:

1. Exclusive breastfeeding rates at 1, 2, and 3 months will be increased among mother-infant pairs who receive professional lactation support or telephone follow-up support (intervention groups) when compared with those who receive usual post-natal breastfeeding support (control group);

2. The rate of any breastfeeding (predominant or partial) at 1, 2, and 3 months will be increased among mother-infant pairs in the intervention groups when compared with those in the control group;

The secondary hypotheses are:

1. The overall duration of exclusive breastfeeding will be increased among mother-infant pairs in the intervention groups when compared with those in the control group;

2. The overall duration of any breastfeeding (predominant or partial) will be increased among mother-infant pairs in the intervention groups when compared with those in the control group.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09
• Primary Completion: 2012-04
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-07-02
• Study First Posted: 2013-07-09
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-12
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 722

Inclusion Criteria

1. delivers at participating trial site,
2. primiparous,
3. intends to breastfeed,
4. 18 years of age or older,
5. has singleton pregnancy,
6. Cantonese speaking,
7. Hong Kong resident for more than one year,
8. no serious medical or obstetrical complications

Exclusion Criteria

1. < 37 weeks gestation,
2. an Apgar score < 8 at five minutes,
3. a birth weight < 2500 grams,
4. born with any severe medical conditions or congenital malformations,
5. is placed in the special care nursery for more than 48 hours after delivery,
6. is placed in the intensive care nursery after delivery,
7. not entitled to health benefits in Hong Kong (NEP).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
In-hospital professional support	In-hospital professional support	The participants in "in-hospital professional support" arm will receive three 30-minute one-to-one hands-on breastfeeding counseling sessions during postpartum hospitalization.
Postpartum telephone follow-up support	Postpartum telephone follow-up support	Participants in "postpartum telephone follow-up support" arm will receive telephone support in the first 4 weeks postpartum.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of any and exclusive breastfeeding	3 months postpartum	Any breastfeeding rate and exclusive breastfeeding rate at 3 months postpartum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Median duration of breastfeeding	6 month postpartum	The median duration of any breastfeeding and the median duration of exclusive breastfeeding.

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kwong Wah Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Princess Margaret Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Queen Mary Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong