Peer Interaction of Primiparas Sharing a Room With Multiparas With Successful Breastfeeding Experience

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

128 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-15

Study Completion Date

2024-09-15

Brief Summary

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The World Health Organization (WHO) states that peer support breastfeeding education programs are effective interventions for improving breastfeeding outcomes. In this context, the WHO's Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding recommends the implementation of "lay health worker peer counselors" and "mother-to-mother support groups" to promote and support breastfeeding. The tenth step of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative also emphasizes the importance of mother-to-mother support as a successful intervention for breastfeeding. However, in our country, there have been limited studies and efforts to provide peer education and support for breastfeeding. Although various valuable studies using different educational techniques have been conducted to improve breastfeeding rates, the integration of these programs into routine clinical practice remains insufficient. This study aims to implement a peer interactive education program in postpartum rooms to bring experienced and inexperienced mothers together, as part of the hospital routine. The project will focus on the development and implementation of a peer interactive education program and will investigate its impact on the breastfeeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers. The research follows a two-group pre-test and post-test design, is non-blind, and uses randomized controlled methodology. Initially, the hospital rooms will be rearranged to accommodate the implementation of the peer support breastfeeding education module. Researcher midwives will provide a brief training to experienced peer educator mothers who have previously breastfed.Afterwards, the peer education program will be conducted when the experienced mother and primiparous mother are together in the room. The study emphasizes improving early postpartum breastfeeding success and aims to make peer interaction a routine part of hospital practice. The feasibility of implementing peer education in hospitals will be evaluated, considering its simplicity and practicality. The impact of peer interactions on the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding will be assessed.

Overall, this research aims to improve breastfeeding rates by implementing peer support programs in hospital settings and evaluating the outcomes of peer interactions in terms of the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding.

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Detailed Description

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Study Design: This project was planned as a two-group, non-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Research Ethics Committee of a university for the conduct of the study (Date: 08.11.2022, Decision no: 22-11T/25).

Population and Sample of the Study: Mothers who were hospitalised in Izmir Democracy University Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital obstetrics and gynaecology ward, who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate in the study will constitute the population of the study. A priori power analysis was performed using G.Power 3.1.9.2 package programme to determine the sample size. In the calculation made, with the assumption of 0.5 effect value for 80% power at 95% confidence interval, it was calculated as 128 women, 64 for the group in which peer supported breastfeeding education will be applied and 64 for the group in which standard education will be applied. In order to ensure homogeneity between the groups and to eliminate selection bias, the "block randomisation" method, one of the fixed probability randomisation methods, will be used in the study and women who meet the inclusion criteria will be distributed to the intervention and control groups.

Hypotheses of the study

1. H1: Breastfeeding self-efficacy of mothers who receive peer interaction after birth will be higher than the control group.
2. H1: The level of exclusive breastfeeding of mothers receiving peer interaction will be higher than that of mothers in the control group.

Conditions

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Mothers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

In order to eliminate selection bias in the study, "block randomisation" method, one of the fixed probability randomisation methods, will be used and women who meet the inclusion criteria will be distributed to the intervention and control groups.

Study Groups

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peer interaction

The rooms will be arranged for two people and experienced and inexperienced mothers will be accommodated together. At a time when the mothers are available, the researcher will visit the mothers in their rooms, explain the purpose of the study and start the peer interaction session. In providing peer interaction, firstly, introductions will be made and the general condition of mothers and babies will be evaluated. The researcher will assess the breastfeeding status of the mothers and provide training on breastfeeding and breastfeeding.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer interaction/control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This study was planned as a randomised controlled study with a two-group pretest and posttest design.

control group

Women in this group benefit from all routine postnatal care services of the hospital. Each mother is guided to breastfeeding by the breastfeeding counsellor and receives training. This group will also be given a brochure by the researcher, their breastfeeding status will be evaluated and if they have any questions, they will be answered.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Peer interaction/control

This study was planned as a randomised controlled study with a two-group pretest and posttest design.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Under 18 years of age
* Non-literate in Turkish
* Has a psychiatrically diagnosed health problem
* Developing a health problem that may prevent breastfeeding
* Taking medication that may jeopardise breastfeeding
* Women who do not want to participate will not be included in the study.

* Requesting a room change
* Not wanting to/wanting to stop peer interaction within the scope of the room arrangement
* After settling in the room, those who did not want to answer the data collection tools for any reason/left the data collection tools unfinished
* Mothers who could not be reached in the postnatal 1st month follow-up will be excluded from the study.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes