A Mobile-health Pilot Experiment Targeting Mothers With Newborns in Rural Areas of San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala
NCT ID: NCT02263118
Last Updated: 2015-07-22
Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
100 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-11-30
2014-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Uni-directional SMS
Participants in this group received breastfeeding promoting messages based on the MAMA (http://www.mobilemamaalliance.org/) breastfeeding database. Individuals could only receive text messages.
Uni-directional SMS
Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs
Feature phone
Participants were given a feature phone.
Virtual communities
Participants were made part of virtual communities in which could exchange about infant's health as groups, via SMS, following the SHM Foundation's (http://www.shmfoundation.org/) m-health methodology.
Uni-directional SMS
Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs
Feature phone
Participants were given a feature phone.
Virtual communities
Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS
Hybrid setup
Participants were made part of virtual communities in which they could exchange about infant's health as groups, via SMS. Additionally, a health professional was included in the virtual community.
Uni-directional SMS
Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs
Feature phone
Participants were given a feature phone.
Virtual communities
Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS
Hybrid setup
Exposure to virtual community and access to communications with health professional via SMS
Control group
Individuals were given a feature phone (simple mobile phone)
Feature phone
Participants were given a feature phone.
Interventions
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Uni-directional SMS
Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs
Feature phone
Participants were given a feature phone.
Virtual communities
Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS
Hybrid setup
Exposure to virtual community and access to communications with health professional via SMS
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Has a baby of less than 4 months of age OR is in her 8th month of pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
* Does not have a newborn
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Ecole Polytechnique, France
UNKNOWN
The SHM Foundation, UK
UNKNOWN
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
OTHER
Responsible Party
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José Tomás PRIETO, PhD
Dr. Jose Tomas Prieto
Principal Investigators
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Jorge Tulio Rodriguez, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Jose Tomas Prieto
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ecole Polytechnique, France; Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Other Identifiers
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CE/FM UFM 0062-13
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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