Breastfeeding and quality of care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: breast feeding success; professional support; mothers feelings for and relation to her baby; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000354987
• Lead Sponsor: School of Life Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 584

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible participants for this study were Swedish-speaking, first-time mothers who gave birth to a singleton, healthy infant at term, and had received care from healthcare professionals at either the intervention site or the control site.

Exclusion Criteria

Mothers who gave birth to children with life-threatening diseases or malformations were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
breast feeding success <br>perceived professional and social support <br>perceived maternal feelings for and relation to her baby measured by self-reported questionnaires[Data collection historical control group started April 2000 and ended in October 2000.<br>Intervention that was a process oriented training of health care professionals in the intervention municipalities. The training program was carried out from September 1999 through March 2000. <br>Data collection for intervention group and simultaneous control group started in October 2000 and ended in January 2003.<br>It should be noted that the mothers were not aware of if they were in the intervention or in any of the control groups]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
nil[nil]