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Effect of Prenatal Counseling on Breastfeeding Rates in Twins

NCT02738957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2019-04-17

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Summary

Few studies have investigated breastfeeding in twins, and none have addressed the effect of antenatal counseling on breastfeeding twins.The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of antenatal breastfeeding counseling on the breastfeeding rates in twin pregnancies.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prenatal Counseling Group

Specific counseling on breastfeeding consisting of three different counseling sessions during prenatal visits given by one of the two midwives involved in the study. The information provided include the following: breastfeeding importance; how to prepare the nipples and breast for breastfeeding; the main complications and difficulties during the breastfeeding process and how to identify and overcome them; breastfeeding techniques and alternative positions for the simultaneous breastfeeding of twins, for example, "double cradle", "cradle-football" or "double-football", using illustrations and hands-on demonstration with doll models.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • MARIA DE LOURDES BRIZOT, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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