Participation of Breast Milk Feeding Mothers in Research

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding; Energy Intake; eHealth

• Registration Number: NCT03072251
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

To assess concerns and barriers for measuring milk intake of breast fed infants using the remote food photography method and SmartIntake smartphone application. These data will 1) provide support for further development of the Infant RFPM and 2) provide important preliminary data in a National Institutes of Health grant application being developed and assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary breastfeeding in the study population.

Detailed Description

Study participation will be the completion of an anonymous, online survey powered by HIPAA compliant REDCap database. The survey will be made available to potential participants through the internet. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete. The expected duration of recruitment and completion of the study is six months.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-02-05
• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-22
• Study Completion: 2018-10-22
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 570

Inclusion Criteria

• Any individual may take the survey.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Receptivity for measuring milk intake for 5-7 days using a smartphone app	1 day	Outcome measured by questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Receptivity for expressing human breast milk to assess milk intake for 5-7 days	1 day	Outcome measured by questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States