Breastfeeding Education Prepared with Virtual Reality Technology

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Feeding
• Interventions: Other: virtual reality glasses

• Registration Number: NCT06229574
• Lead Sponsor: TC Erciyes University

Brief Summary

The breastfeeding software developed with the primiparous study was transferred to virtual reality glasses. This study will be applied to pregnant women and its effect on breastfeeding success and breastfeeding self-efficacy will be investigated.

Detailed Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to To learn The Effect Of Pre-Natal Breastfeeding Education Prepared Wıth Virtual Reality Technology On The Breastfeeding Self-Efficiency And Breastfeeding Success Of Primiparous Mothers in The study will be delivered to 60 healthy primiparous pregnant women.The breastfeeding software developed with the primary study was transferred to virtual reality glasses. It will also be implemented in this study. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Prenatal breastfeeding education prepared with virtual reality technology positively affects the breastfeeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers.

* Prenatal breastfeeding education prepared with virtual reality technology positively affects the breastfeeding of primiparous mothers.

Participants will Pregnant women in the intervention group will be given breastfeeding training prepared with virtual reality technology and will fill out questionnaires and scales will be filled in on the first and seventh days after birth. Questionnaires will be filled in by pregnant women in the control group, and the scales will be filled out only on the first and seventh days.

Researchers will compare breastfeeding education given with virtual reality glasses with the control group to see whether it has an effect on breastfeeding success and breastfeeding self-efficacy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-29
• Primary Completion: 2024-05-01
• Study Completion: 2025-01-01
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 59

Inclusion Criteria

• Between the ages of 18 and 35
• literate,
• Pregnant women who are at 37 weeks of gestation and above,
• Those with healthy pregnancies (singleton pregnancy, no systemic/chronic disease, etc.) -Primiparous pregnant women-
• Vaginal birth planned,
• planning to breastfeed,
• Those who do not have any problems with their breasts that would make breastfeeding difficult (collapsed, missing tip, wound on the nipple, etc.),
• Pregnant women who do not have vision, hearing or communication problems
• Pregnant women who do not have any problems will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Occurrence of a situation that prevents sucking
• Baby with congenital anomalies

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention group	virtual reality glasses	The effect of breastfeeding education given with virtual reality glasses on breastfeeding success and breastfeeding self-efficacy will be evaluated. The education given during pregnancy will be evaluated on the first and seventh days after birth.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
breastfeeding success	4-5 week	LACTH BREASTFEEDING ASSESSMENT SCALE This measurement tool consists of five evaluation criteria and is a combination of the first letters of the English equivalents of these criteria. Each item is evaluated between 0 and 2 points. The total score that can be obtained from the measurement tool is 10. The measurement tool has no cutoff point. It is understood that the higher the LATCH score, the higher the breastfeeding success.
breastfeeding self-efficacy	4-5 week	breastfeeding self-efficacy scale The Turkish validity and reliability of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form was conducted by Aluş Tokat and Okumuş in 2009 . This scale evaluates how competent mothers feel regarding breastfeeding. The scale consists of 14 items and includes a 5-point Likert-type evaluation consisting of the options: Not at all sure , Very not sure , Sometimes sure , Sure and Very sure . The lowest score that can be obtained from the entire scale is 14 and the highest score is 70. A high score from the scale indicates a high perception of breastfeeding self-efficacy.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ipek Turhan; 🇹🇷 Kayseri̇, Kayseri, Turkey