Examining the Effect of Breastfeeding Education Given to Mothers Based on Postpartum Awareness Practices on Breast Milk and Cortisol Hormone at the Newborn Circadian Level

Summary

In addition to being an easily accessible and ready-made food for babies in the first years of life, breast milk plays a major role in transmitting information about the time of day to newborn babies and therefore in the formation of the circadian rhythm, thanks to the hormones and various immune elements it contains.The main theme of mindfulness-based programs is mind and body meditation by focusing on the present moment, directing perception to inner experiences and observing these experiences.Regular practice of this type of meditation contributes greatly to increasing happiness and developing positive attitudes such as insight, compassion, awareness and stress management.Cortisol is the main stress hormone in the human body and is therefore a promising benchmark for investigating the effects of mindfulness programs. The purpose of mindfulness-based breastfeeding training to be given to mothers; It is to contribute to a healthy and safe postpartum period and breastfeeding experience for the mother and the newborn by minimizing the negative effects of the postpartum stress level in the mother and the cortisol hormone levels transferred from the mother's milk to the baby on the circadian rhythm.For this purpose, the sample size was planned to be a total of 54 people, 27 people per group, in the experimental design, with G power 3.1 analysis. The research will be conducted on healthy breastfeeding mothers who applied to Erzurum City Hospital and Kars Selim District State Hospital between 15.05.2023 and 15.06.2024.Subjects to be included in the study will be randomly selected among the pregnant women who applied to the clinic according to meeting the inclusion criteria. Breastfeeding: 'The Key to Sustainable Development'. For this reason, it is planned that the determination of the relationship between breast milk and circadian rhythm can be supported by cognitive methods, it will be important in terms of promoting breastfeeding and achieving development goals in a short time, and it is planned to contribute to the literature.

Conditions

• Mother Fetus Relations
• Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

AWARENESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY

A 6-week training program based on mindfulness practices will be applied to the experimental group determined by the single-blind method, after the 3rd month after birth. In order to observe the change in the experimental group, breast milk will be taken for pre-test (morning and evening) before training. After 6 weeks of training, a cortisol test will be performed by taking breast milk at 09:00 in the morning and 09:00 in the evening. Taken milk will be stored in the deep freezer for 1 week at -18 degrees. After the samples are prepared for testing under appropriate conditions (centrifuge), biochemical measurements will be made and recorded with the help of the SUNREDBIO brand human cortisol kit (the serial number is not known since we did not purchase the cortisol kit).A sleep diary will be used to measure newborn circadian rhythm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kafkas University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rukiye TÜRK DELİBALTA · Kafkas University Faculty Of Health Sciences

• Şevin POLAT · Kafkas University Faculty Of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-15

Primary Completion

2024-06-20

Completion

2024-06-20

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations