The Effect of Social Media Based Support on Breastfeeding Self-efficacy of Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 68
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF)
研究概览
简要总结
This study aimed to determine the effect of breastfeeding support on women's breastfeeding self-efficacy via social media. This study was conducted maternity unit at a state hospital in Turkey. Education and consulting about breastfeeding were given via WhatsApp application to women in the intervention group. Women in the control group receive only routine breastfeeding training.
详细描述
The research was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. The stratified and permutation block randomization methods were used in the study. The personal information form and BSES-SF were administered to women in the hospital before the intervention. Breastfeeding education and counseling were provided via social media (WhatsApp) to support women for breastfeeding and to ensure the continuity of breastfeeding in the postpartum period. Breastfeeding education was given to women in the first four weeks after discharge from the hospital. The control group received the routine breastfeeding postpartum educational training given to all women by healthcare personnel as part of the hospital procedures. Except for routine breastfeeding training, no intervention was applied to the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 49 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •being primipara
- •being 18 years of age or older
- •using the WhatsApp social media application
- •having a newborn with a weight of 2500 grams and above
- •agreeing to participate in the study
排除标准
- •being multiparity
- •having a physical or mental health problem that would prevent breastfeeding
- •preterm labor (before 37 weeks)
- •difficult labor
- •either mother or baby having a health problem after birth
- •mother's substance use (drug, smoking or alcohol)
结局指标
主要结局
The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF)
时间窗: 6th month
The scale consists of 14 questions and is a five-point Likert type. The lowest score of 14 points and the highest of 70 points are obtained from the scale. The higher the score indicates a higher self-efficacy perception.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sultan Ayaz Alkaya
Professor
Gazi University