Smartphone Application for Breastfeeding Education in Medical Students

NCT ID: NCT04536896

Last Updated: 2020-09-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

438 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-07-31

Study Completion Date

2019-12-15

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two educational interventions to enhance breastfeeding knowledge among senior medical students. One intervention consisted of a traditional face-to-face teaching lecture and the other consisted of the use of a smartphone application containing information about breastfeeding.

Detailed Description

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A quasi-experimental study was performed. Students were allocated to two groups; the first group underwent a 6-hour face-to-face breastfeeding course which was divided in four 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks. The second intervention consisted of downloading a digital smartphone application designed by the research team to teach proper breastfeeding concepts which participants freely navigated during the same time span of two weeks. Before and after each intervention, students answered a general breastfeeding knowledge test consisting of twenty multiple choice answers with a score range of 0 to 20. Statistical comparisons between pre- and post-test scores were performed in each group and mean change in scores was compared between them to establish which method was the most efficient. Moreover, amount of time spent on the application was descriptively measured.

Conditions

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Medical Education

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Non-randomized quasi-experimental trial
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Traditional face-to-face teaching method

In this arm, participants underwent a 6-hour traditional face-to-face lecture on breastfeeding education in a classroom at a university. Course was divided into 4 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional face-to-face breastfeeding lecture

Intervention Type OTHER

This intervention consists of the impartition of a face-to-face breastfeeding course

Breastfeeding smartphone app

In this group, participants downloaded a smartphone application which contained an online breastfeeding education course. Participants freely navigated through the smartphone app during a time span of two weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Smartphone breastfeeding application

Intervention Type OTHER

This intervention consists of a smartphone application which contains relevant information and topics regarding proper breastfeeding knowledge for medical students.

Interventions

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Smartphone breastfeeding application

This intervention consists of a smartphone application which contains relevant information and topics regarding proper breastfeeding knowledge for medical students.

Intervention Type OTHER

Traditional face-to-face breastfeeding lecture

This intervention consists of the impartition of a face-to-face breastfeeding course

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Senior adult medical students of any gender who at the time were enrolled on the Pediatrics biannual course during the July 2018 th -July 2019 th academic period.
* Provide verbal informed consent
* At least 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Students who did not possess an electronic device (smartphone or tablet) or decided not to participate in the study.
* Rate of non-attendance to the general pediatric course greater than 50%
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Erika Ochoa-Correa

Medical Doctor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Erika Ochoa-Correa, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Locations

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Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Site Status

Countries

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Mexico

References

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Other Identifiers

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PE18-00005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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