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

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to m-health platforms promoting recommended breastfeeding practices was effective in transmitting the exclusive breastfeeding message to participant mothers, and in improving weight evolution of infants.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Exclusive Breastfeeding Co-production of Health in Communities

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Uni-directional SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs

Feature phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Uni-directional SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs

Feature phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants were given a feature phone.

Virtual communities

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Uni-directional SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs

Feature phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants were given a feature phone.

Virtual communities

Intervention Type OTHER

Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS

Hybrid setup

Intervention Type OTHER

Exposure to virtual community and access to communications with health professional via SMS

Control group

Individuals were given a feature phone (simple mobile phone)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Feature phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants were given a feature phone.

Interventions

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Uni-directional SMS

Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs

Intervention Type OTHER

Feature phone

Participants were given a feature phone.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Virtual communities

Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Hybrid setup

Exposure to virtual community and access to communications with health professional via SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Can read
* Has a baby of less than 4 months of age OR is in her 8th month of pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

* Cannot read
* Does not have a newborn
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ecole Polytechnique, France

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The SHM Foundation, UK

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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José Tomás PRIETO, PhD

Dr. Jose Tomas Prieto

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

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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