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A Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare Antenatal Preparation and Postnatal Counseling

NCT00270920 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2008-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomised controlled trial to compare antenatal preparation and postnatal counseling strategies for improving breastfeeding rates.

The objectives are:

1. to study the effect of a standard two-encounter postnatal lactation counseling protocol on the initiation and maintenance of exclusive breastfeediing in mothers
2. to compare the effect of a standard two-encounter postnatal lactation counseling protocol with a single-encounter antenatal breastfeeding education protocol on the initiation and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding in mothers.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lactation counseling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Rauff, MBBS, FRCOG · National University of Singapore /National University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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