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SMaRT Mom - Smartphone Management and Responsive Time for Breastfeeding Mothers

NCT06030830 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-09-11

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Summary

In the last decade, infants are born into a social environment in which the smartphone has become an essential part of our lives. Smartphone use draws the mother's attention during mother-infant interactions and thus may affect the infant development as well as maternal self-efficacy. However, the effects of smartphone use reduction among breastfeeding mothers during their interactions with their infants have not been studied yet. In the present study, we propose to evaluate a "SMaRT Mom" intervention that we have developed, to manage and reduce smartphone use during breastfeeding. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of the SMaRT Mom intervention on breastfeeding mothers' biobehavioral mechanisms, self-efficacy and the socioemotional characteristics of their infants. This will extend our knowledge of the peculiarities of early mother-infant interactions in the digital era, when smartphones play a critical role.

Conditions

  • Smartphone Addiction
  • Breastfeeding
  • Infant Behavior
  • Mother-Infant Interaction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMaRT Mom

"SMaRT Mom" intervention that we have developed is based on several approaches to digital addiction detection, prevention, and intervention aimed to help breastfeeding mothers to manage and reduce smartphone use during breastfeeding. The SMaRT Mom intervention results will be measured in changes in two main outcomes: 1) reduced maternal reports of their infants' negative emotionality, and 2) increased maternal self-efficacy as distal outcomes as well as two proximal outcomes: 1) breastfeeding as a rewarding experience, and 2) maternal attention towards their infant during breastfeeding. We will then assess changes in breastfeeding mothers' neural activity, physiology and behavior before and after the implementation of the SMaRT Mom intervention, as potential mechanisms underlying changes in the main outcomes of the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ilanit Gordon, Prof. · Department of Psychology, Gonda Brain Research Center Bar-Ilan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-06
Primary Completion
2025-07-31
Completion
2025-10-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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