A Smartphone-Based Approach to Improved Breast-Feeding Rates And 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 AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Control group will usual breastfeeding care (counseling by provider, access to lactation consultant, etc) Interventional group will receive usual care plus the breastfeeding application introduced between 32 to 36 weeks estimated gestational age.Masking: Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: The participant cannot be blinded as they will be using the application. The investigator cannot be blinded as they have to provide the application to the patient, teach them how to use it, and perform their surveys about the application use. The outcomes assessor and care provider will be blinded.Primary Purpose: Other
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and neonate have been well documented and extensively researched. Breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal despite known advantages including reduced lifetime risk of maternal ovarian cancer, more rapid return to pre-gestational weight, improvement in mater...
The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and neonate have been well documented and extensively researched. Breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal despite known advantages including reduced lifetime risk of maternal ovarian cancer, more rapid return to pre-gestational weight, improvement in maternal/neonatal bonding, reduction in neonatal allergic/immunologic conditions. Both non-modifiable and modifiable factors affecting a mother's decision regarding breastfeeding have been identified. Modifiable factors include breastfeeding knowledge, self-efficacy, and confidence. Breastfeeding self-efficacy has been positively correlated with breastfeeding duration. There is a lack of local data on breastfeeding rates, duration, and self-efficacy in the Augusta University women's health population as well as a lack of documented improvement of these factors following educational programs. Our study aims to create a program that is easily accessible and available to our patient population in the form of a free application available on Apple devices capable of accessing the internet (e.g., i-phone, i-pad, etc.). This study will be a randomized control trial. The intervention group will have access to the application while the control group will not. Our hypothesis is that the application will improve breastfeeding rates, duration, and self-efficacy if offered to patients at 32 through 36 weeks gestation. This will be assessed by comparing initial self-efficacy survey results with survey results at six weeks and six months postpartum for the intervention versus control groups.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04816383
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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