Lactation Education Study in Mothers of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

NCT ID: NCT01167517

Last Updated: 2020-10-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-07-31

Study Completion Date

2020-09-30

Brief Summary

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This study will test the effectiveness of breast milk expression discharge instructions in digital video disc (DVD) format for home use by mothers of very low birth weight infants on the dose and duration of mother's breast milk feeding in their infants compared to breast milk expression discharge instructions in printed format. The investigators hypothesize that infants whose mothers receive breast milk expression discharge instructions via DVD will receive a larger dose of maternal breast milk and for longer duration during the initial neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization than infants whose mothers receive discharge instructions in printed format.

Detailed Description

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Very low birth weight (VLBW; \<1500 g) infants who receive maternal breast milk, as opposed to infant formula, are less likely to experience the serious illnesses and poor developmental outcomes associated with VLBW. However, a disparity exists in breast milk feeding. Infants whose mothers have low educational attainment and low income are less likely to receive maternal breast milk than infants whose mothers who do not have low educational attainment and low income. The primary objective of this proposed research is to determine the effect of lactation discharge instructions in an audio-visual format provided to mothers for home viewing on the dose and duration of maternal breast milk received by their VLBW infants during the neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization.

Methods. Forty mothers of VLBW infants will be randomly assigned to receive a breast milk expression instruction digital video disc (DVD) in addition to standard of care lactation education or assigned to receive written instructions in addition to standard of care lactation education. In addition to comparing infant intake of maternal breast milk intake, pre and post intervention lactation and breast milk expression knowledge will be compared between groups and DVD viewing frequency and acceptability will be determined with a log and questionnaire to be completed by the intervention group and collected the first month after delivery.

Conditions

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Infant, Very Low Birth Weight Lactation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Instructional digital video disc (DVD)

Breast milk expression instructions provided by digital video disc at the time of hospital discharge.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Instructional digital video disc (DVD)

Intervention Type OTHER

Breast milk expression instructions provided by digital video disc at the time of hospital discharge

Instructions in print format

Breast milk expression instructions provided in print format at the time of hospital discharge.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Instructional digital video disc (DVD)

Intervention Type OTHER

Breast milk expression instructions provided by digital video disc at the time of hospital discharge

Interventions

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Instructional digital video disc (DVD)

Breast milk expression instructions provided by digital video disc at the time of hospital discharge

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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A Premie Needs His Mother

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Infant birth weight less than 1500 grams
* Maternal educational attainment less than/equal to 12 years
* Maternal low income status (Medicaid participant prior to delivery)

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-English speaking
* Illicit drug use during pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Forsyth Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Paula M Sisk, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/ Forsyth Medical Center

Locations

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Forsyth Medical Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19167553 (View on PubMed)

Sisk PM, Lovelady CA, Dillard RG, Gruber KJ. Lactation counseling for mothers of very low birth weight infants: effect on maternal anxiety and infant intake of human milk. Pediatrics. 2006 Jan;117(1):e67-75. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-0267.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16396850 (View on PubMed)

Furman L, Taylor G, Minich N, Hack M. The effect of maternal milk on neonatal morbidity of very low-birth-weight infants. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Jan;157(1):66-71. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.157.1.66.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Sisk PM, Lovelady CA, Dillard RG, Gruber KJ, O'Shea TM. Early human milk feeding is associated with a lower risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2007 Jul;27(7):428-33. doi: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211758. Epub 2007 Apr 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Sisk PM, Lovelady CA, Gruber KJ, Dillard RG, O'Shea TM. Human milk consumption and full enteral feeding among infants who weigh </= 1250 grams. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):e1528-33. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-2110.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Meier PP, Engstrom JL, Mingolelli SS, Miracle DJ, Kiesling S. The Rush Mothers' Milk Club: breastfeeding interventions for mothers with very-low-birth-weight infants. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2004 Mar-Apr;33(2):164-74. doi: 10.1177/0884217504263280.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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FMC 2010.0401

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

IRB00013359

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id