The Infant Feeding Experience of New Mothers - a Descriptive Pilot Study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 24
- 主要终点
- Early lactation difficulties
研究概览
简要总结
Characterize a population-based sample of first-time expectant mothers with regards to maternal metabolic health and their infant feeding experience.
详细描述
The long range purpose of this pilot study is to inform the development of an NIH-funded randomized intervention trial designed to improve early breastfeeding outcomes for mothers planning to breastfeed. The purpose of the pilot study is to 1) described the prenatal infant feeding attitudes and intentions of population-based sample of expectant mothers from the same recruitment base as the future intervention trial, 2) characterize the metabolic health profiles of the sample and 3) estimate the prevalence of early lactation difficulties among the subset of this sample that initiates breastfeeding.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •First-time expectant mother, speaks English, receiving OB care at designated practice group
排除标准
- •Under 18 years old; 2)no access to local telephone 3) multiple gestation 4) history of major breast surgery
结局指标
主要结局
Early lactation difficulties
时间窗: 1 year
a)Estimate the prevalence of early lactation difficulties among the subset of this sample that initiates breastfeeding, b) examine the relationship between metabolic health and lactation difficulties
次要结局
- Infant feeding attitudes(1 year)