The Impact of Breastfeeding Education on Breastfeeding Behavior and the Use of Traditional Practices

NCT ID: NCT04705675

Last Updated: 2021-01-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

304 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-02-01

Study Completion Date

2018-10-31

Brief Summary

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H1a: The breastfeeding education has an effect the behaviors of mothers toward breastfeeding.

H1b: The breastfeeding education has an effect on the use of traditional breastfeeding practices.

H0a: The breastfeeding education has not an effect the behaviors of mothers toward breastfeeding.

H0b: The breastfeeding education has not an effect on the use of traditional breastfeeding practices.

Detailed Description

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The study was designed to be parallel group, randomized controlled study (1:1). The study universe consisted of all of the mothers presenting at the family health centers (FHC's) of a province in Turkey over the period February 1, 2018-October 31, 2018.

The study samples were included 152 study and 152 control group which individuals selected by simple random sampling.In the power analysis performed at a confidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of plus/minus 5%, sample size was calculated as a total of 304 mothers with 152 in the study group and 152 in the control group.

The researchers collected the data for the study. They administered the pretest and filled out the personal information form prior to the planned individual education. The mothers were asked to remember the pseudonyms they used on the pretest and to use the same pseudonym on the posttest. Following the pretest, the mothers in the study group were taken into a separate room at the FHC and asked to breastfeed their infants. The mothers' breastfeeding behaviors were observed. After the breastfeeding, each mother was provided an average 30-minute session of individual education. All of the mothers in the study group received the education from the same researcher. Both audio and visual materials were used in the mothers' training. The researchers educated the mothers on breastfeeding techniques in an effort to encourage them to develop the skill of correctly using the positions taught and then the mothers were asked to practice what they had learned. The researcher took care to be positive and support whenever the mother attempted the right move in breastfeeding while also providing encouraging feedback when something went wrong. Included in the content of the education were the topics of the formation of breast milk and its benefits, the duration of breastfeeding, the sufficiency of breast milk, factors that reduced and increased it, things to look out for before breastfeeding, taking the right position for breastfeeding and positioning the baby on the breast, the steps in breastfeeding, burping the baby afterwards, milking and storing the mother's milk, and other issues that could pose problems during breastfeeding (Turkish Ministry of Health Basic Health Services General Directorate 2008). To test the retention of what was learned in the training, a posttest was administered to the groups one month following the education.

The Personal Information Form and the Breastfeeding Behaviors and Traditional Practices Assessment Form were used as data collection tools.

Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Statistics 22 software. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages) were used in the analysis of the findings. Normality tests (Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test) were performed on all continuous variables.

Conditions

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Breastfeeding Breasfeeding Traditional Practices Post Procedural Discharge

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The study was designed to be parallel group, randomized controlled study (1:1). Power was calculated using the GPower 3.1 program. In the power analysis performed at a confidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of plus/minus 5%, sample size was calculated as a total of 304 mothers with 152 in the study group and 152 in the control group.A total of 304 mothers were evenly and homogeneously assigned to both groups.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Participants didn't know which group they were allocated. The participants will be blind when they attend breastfeeding education.

Study Groups

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Experimental Group

The mothers in the experimental group (152) were administered.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Breastfeeding Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mothers were asked to remember the pseudonyms they used on the pretest and to use the same pseudonym on the posttest. Following the pretest, the mothers in the study group were taken into a separate room at the FHC and asked to breastfeed their infants. The mothers' breastfeeding behaviors were observed. After the breastfeeding, each mother was provided an average 30-minute session of individual education. All of the mothers in the study group received the education from the same researcher. Both audio and visual materials were used in the mothers' training.

Control Group

The mothers in the control group (152) were administered.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Breastfeeding Education

The mothers were asked to remember the pseudonyms they used on the pretest and to use the same pseudonym on the posttest. Following the pretest, the mothers in the study group were taken into a separate room at the FHC and asked to breastfeed their infants. The mothers' breastfeeding behaviors were observed. After the breastfeeding, each mother was provided an average 30-minute session of individual education. All of the mothers in the study group received the education from the same researcher. Both audio and visual materials were used in the mothers' training.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* To receive breasfeeding education
* To have singleton birth or one infant
* Not have complications postpartum period
* Not have chronic diseases or mental disorders
* Older than 18 years
* To voluntary to participate
* To know how to read, write and speak in Turkish
* To stay within this study until the end
* To have a newborn with no complications
* To have a 0-6 months healthy infants

Exclusion Criteria

* Not receive breasfeeding education
* Having multiple birth or more than a baby
* Having complications postpartum period
* Having chronic diseases or mental disorders
* Younger than 18 years
* To refuse to participate
* Not knowing how to read, write and speak Turkish
* To leave early this study
* Having a newborn with complications
* Having a baby in need of medical care
* To have a older than 0-6 months infants
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Aysegul Durmaz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aysegul Durmaz

Asst. Prof.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Kutahya Health Science University

Kütahya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Zielinska MA, Sobczak A, Hamulka J. Breastfeeding knowledge and exclusive breastfeeding of infants in first six months of life. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 2017;68(1):51-59.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Sharma A. Efficacy of early skin-to-skin contact on the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in term neonates: a randomized controlled trial. Afr Health Sci. 2016 Sep;16(3):790-797. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v16i3.20.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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McFadden A, Gavine A, Renfrew MJ, Wade A, Buchanan P, Taylor JL, Veitch E, Rennie AM, Crowther SA, Neiman S, MacGillivray S. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Feb 28;2(2):CD001141. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001141.pub5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Hay G, Baerug AB. The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding up to six months. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2019 May 3;139(9). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0105. Print 2019 May 28. No abstract available. English, Norwegian.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Del Ciampo LA, Del Ciampo IRL. Breastfeeding and the Benefits of Lactation for Women's Health. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2018 Jun;40(6):354-359. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1657766. Epub 2018 Jul 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29980160 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Breas. Trad. Pra.

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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