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Nynnamm - Effects of Infant Directed Singing on Breastfeeding Difficulties

NCT06085989 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2023-10-17

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Summary

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective, health economical interventions to promote health and reduce illness in both mothers and children. However, breastfeeding in Sweden is under threat. An increasing number of newborns will miss out on its benefits because lack of lactation support for mothers with breastfeeding difficulties, which is the main reasons for breastfeeding cessation. About 110,000 mothers breastfeed every year but the prevalence is decreasing. Many mothers are dissatisfied with the support they receive from health care. Maternal infant-directed singing could be an effective, person- and family-centered, cost-effective, self-care intervention to reduce stress and breastfeeding difficulties in new mothers as well as increasing oxytocin, which is an important hormone for lactation and well-being.

This project evaluates the effect of a self-care intervention involving maternal infant-directed singing during breastfeeding on maternal stress, experiences, and breastfeeding rates up to six months postpartum among mothers with breastfeeding difficulties. The mothers are randomized to standard care and infant-directed singing or control with standard care. The primary outcome is the proportion of breastfeeding four weeks after the intervention. 260 mothers will be included in the project, which will be conducted during 2024-2025, and data will be analyzed and presented in 2026. A data management plan will ensure that all research activities are well organized.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Infant directed singing

In every known human culture and historical period, infant-directed singing exists as a natural feature of parental care for newborn infants. Infant-directed singing is effective in regulating infant affect and in capturing an infant's attention for a longer period than infant-directed speech. Parental stress significantly decreases when parents are encouraged to use their own voices to soothe their infants with a song or a lullaby of their choice.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard care

Standard breastfeeding support to mothers with breastfeeding difficulties provided by health care professionals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dalarna University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jenny Ericson, Docent · Dalarna University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2028-12-31

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