Antenatal Educational Intervention for Improvement of Breastfeeding
NCT ID: NCT00270192
Last Updated: 2006-10-24
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
450 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2002-05-31
2004-12-31
Brief Summary
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Hypothesis: A single antenatal encounter, which includes breastfeeding educational material and individual instruction with a lactation counselor, can improve the initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding compared to routine antenatal care or the use of educational material alone
Detailed Description
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The Singapore National Breastfeeding Survey 2001 (Foo et al, 2005) demonstrated an encouraging breastfeeding initiation rate of 94.5%. However only 21.1% continued to breastfeed at 6 months with fewer than 5% breastfeeding exclusively.
The formal preparation of expectant mothers for breastfeeding is not part of routine antenatal care in many practices. We feel that it may prove beneficial especially in an environment with a low prevalence of breastfeeding. The aim of this trial is to demonstrate the impact of single-encounter antenatal education combining educational material with individual instruction, on breastfeeding initiation and duration and on infant feeding practice, compared with routine antenatal care and educational material alone in a tertiary hospital setting.
401 women are randomized into 3 predetermined groups and are exposed to specific antenatal education materials targeting breastfeeding techniques; the control group receives routine antenatal care. Data regarding breastfeeding rate, quality and duration is collected over a 1 year period.
Comparisons: breastfeeding initiation rate, duration and type among women receiving lactation counseling with educational material, educational material without individual counseling, and routine antenatal care without educational intervention
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
ECT
SINGLE
Interventions
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individual lactation counseling and educational material
educational material alone
routine antenatal care without educational intervention
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* gestation of at least 36 weeks at recruitment
* no uterine scar
* the absence of any obstetric complication that would contraindicate vaginal delivery.
Exclusion Criteria
* contraindications to labour, vaginal delivery, breastfeeding
21 Years
55 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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National University Hospital, Singapore
OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Yah Shih Chan, MHSc
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University Hospital, Singapore
Citra N Mattar, MRANZCOG
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University Hospital, Singapore
Locations
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National University Hospital
Singapore, , Singapore
Countries
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References
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Foo LL, Quek SJ, Ng SA, Lim MT, Deurenberg-Yap M. Breastfeeding prevalence and practices among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian mothers. Health Promot Int. 2005 Sep;20(3):229-37. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dai002. Epub 2005 Apr 6.
Other Identifiers
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NHG RPR 01101
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id