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Antenatal Educational Intervention for Improvement of Breastfeeding

NCT00270192 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2006-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial addresses the impact of simple antenatal breastfeeding educational interventions on breastfeeding rates and practice in a tertiary hospital setting.

Hypothesis: A single antenatal encounter, which includes breastfeeding educational material and individual instruction with a lactation counselor, can improve the initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding compared to routine antenatal care or the use of educational material alone

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

individual lactation counseling and educational material

BEHAVIORAL

educational material alone

BEHAVIORAL

routine antenatal care without educational intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yah Shih Chan, MHSc · National University Hospital, Singapore

  • Citra N Mattar, MRANZCOG · National University Hospital, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-05-31
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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