Efficacy of a Smartphone App for a Breastmilk Feeding Course Among Sixth Year Medical Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 438
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Efficacy of each breastfeeding course evaluated by a quantitative general knowledge questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two educational interventions to enhance breastfeeding knowledge among senior medical students. One intervention consisted of a traditional face-to-face teaching lecture and the other consisted of the use of a smartphone application containing information about breastfeeding.
详细描述
A quasi-experimental study was performed. Students were allocated to two groups; the first group underwent a 6-hour face-to-face breastfeeding course which was divided in four 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks. The second intervention consisted of downloading a digital smartphone application designed by the research team to teach proper breastfeeding concepts which participants freely navigated during the same time span of two weeks. Before and after each intervention, students answered a general breastfeeding knowledge test consisting of twenty multiple choice answers with a score range of 0 to 20. Statistical comparisons between pre- and post-test scores were performed in each group and mean change in scores was compared between them to establish which method was the most efficient. Moreover, amount of time spent on the application was descriptively measured.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Senior adult medical students of any gender who at the time were enrolled on the Pediatrics biannual course during the July 2018 th -July 2019 th academic period.
- •Provide verbal informed consent
- •At least 18 years old
排除标准
- •Students who did not possess an electronic device (smartphone or tablet) or decided not to participate in the study.
- •Rate of non-attendance to the general pediatric course greater than 50%
研究组 & 干预措施
Traditional face-to-face teaching method
In this arm, participants underwent a 6-hour traditional face-to-face lecture on breastfeeding education in a classroom at a university. Course was divided into 4 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks.
干预措施: Traditional face-to-face breastfeeding lecture (Other)
Breastfeeding smartphone app
In this group, participants downloaded a smartphone application which contained an online breastfeeding education course. Participants freely navigated through the smartphone app during a time span of two weeks.
干预措施: Smartphone breastfeeding application (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Efficacy of each breastfeeding course evaluated by a quantitative general knowledge questionnaire
时间窗: 14 days
In order to measure this outcome, all participants answered a test consisting of a quantitative questionnaire of general breastfeeding knowledge before and after the intervention. This general knowledge test consisted of twenty questions with multiple choice answers ranging between two to five possible answers according to the nature of the question. It was designed by study researchers which included specialists in Pediatrics and breastfeeding and it was based solely on the course content. Minimum and maximum scores were 0 and 20, where a higher score indicated a better grade on the test. Central tendency and dispersion measures were obtained for pre- and post-test scores and a further statistical comparison between this parameters indicated whether there was a statistically significant difference. If the post-test score was statistically superior to the pre-test score, it was concluded that the intervention was efficient to improve breastfeeding knowledge.
次要结局
- Comparison of the efficacy of each breastfeeding course by comparison of mean differences(14 days)
- Amount of time in minutes spent on the smartphone application(14 days)
研究者
Erika Ochoa-Correa
Medical Doctor
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon