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The Effect of Lactation Counseling on Breastfeeding Behaviors of Women

NCT05484076 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2024-06-10

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Summary

Breast milk is the main source of nutrition for newborns. Although breastfeeding is seen as a necessary process to meet the nutritional needs of babies in the early stages of life, it has a key role for a healthy generation in the long run. In this respect, the article has a unique value for a sustainable future in terms of its effects on the mother and baby in particular and on the social level in general. The study was planned as a randomized controlled longitudinal study. The research is planned to be carried out between September 2022 and January 2023 in Çukurova University Medical Faculty Balcalı Training and Research Hospital pregnant outpatient clinic. The sample of the study will consist of 104 pregnant women, 52 of whom are in the experimental group and 52 in the control group, determined by power analysis. A training module will be created by taking expert opinions. The training module will consist of 5 sessions. Each session will last 1 hour, with 45 minutes of interactive lecture and 15 minutes of question and answer. Module sessions will have a dynamic structure that takes into account the needs of mother and baby during pregnancy and postpartum period. At 34-38 weeks of pregnancy, the first interviews are face-to-face at the hospital, the second interview is postpartum 1-5. day depending on the conditions, face-to-face or online, subsequent meetings will be held online. During the implementation phase, quantitative measurements of the research will be carried out by using the "Antenatal Pregnant Information Form", "Postnatal Mother Information Form", " The Infant Breastfeeding Assesment Tool", "Breastfeeding Motivation Scale", IOWA Infant Nutrition Attitude Scale" and " Mother-To-İnfant Bonding Scale".

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding
  • Mothers

Interventions

OTHER

breastfeeding counseling

A breastfeeding booklet will be created by the researchers by taking expert opinion. This booklet will explain everything about breastfeeding in five sessions. At 34-38 weeks of pregnancy, the first interviews will be done face-to-face at the hospital. The second interview will be made face-to-face or online, depending on the conditions, in the first 1-5 days after the birth. Subsequent interviews (postpartum 1-4 weeks, postpartum 5-12 weeks, postpartum 13-24 weeks) will be held online. The scales used in the research will be applied twice, before and after the training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • tuğçe sönmez, PhD · Tarsus University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-29
Primary Completion
2024-01-26
Completion
2024-06-06

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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