Home Based Peer Support Program for Mothers With Low Breastfeeding Self-efficacy
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Participant)Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Primiparous mothers who plan to breastfeed but did not go on to breastfeed often face high levels of emotional and psychological challenges in their transition to parenthood. This can adversely affect their breastfeeding experiences and general well-being, and is associated with stress, anxiety, and...
Primiparous mothers who plan to breastfeed but did not go on to breastfeed often face high levels of emotional and psychological challenges in their transition to parenthood. This can adversely affect their breastfeeding experiences and general well-being, and is associated with stress, anxiety, and postnatal depression. While family psycho-education and other supportive group programmes are available in health services, they require face-to-face education sessions over a long interval, high engagement, and trusting relationships, and thus often result in low attendance and high drop outs. Mothers have expressed the need for psychological support of peer counsellors, which would allow them to support each other. The first month postpartum is a critical period for sustaining exclusive breastfeeding and the time when mothers are at high risk of postpartum depression. For Chinese mothers in Hong Kong, however, they are often housebound during this period due to the tradition of "doing the month", and thus often find it difficult to attend support groups or seek help. In view of these challenges faced by primiparous mothers, a home-based peer support programme is proposed. This randomized control trial adopts a two-arm design to examine the effectiveness of a home-based peer support programme for women with low breastfeeding self-efficacy. It is hypothesized that those receiving the intervention, when compared to the controls, will have (1) longer period of exclusive breastfeeding, (2) higher postnatal breastfeeding self-efficacy, and (3) lower post-partum depressive symptoms.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04621266
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kris YW Lok, PhD The University of Hong Kong