Orientation Effects of Breastfeeding for Mothers

December 13, 2016 updated by: Salete Matos, Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Orientation Effects of Breastfeeding for Mothers in a Private Hospital: Randomized Controlled Trial

The benefits of breastfeeding are increasingly known of the population and breastfeeding rates in the country have been increasing, but still are below satisfactory to the Ministry of Health (MH) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Simple Strategies to guide and support the mother contributes to increasing knowledge about breastfeeding and can have positive impacts on breastfeeding rates.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Assess the impact of guidance on breastfeeding duration of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of a baby's life.

110 pairs of mother / baby - Recruitment: Private Hospital of Porto Alegre.

The first stage was carried out in the maternity - Orientation: Breastfeeding Importance Handle Correct, Positioning mother and baby, socioeconomic data and demographics. For the intervention group held three home visits:

10th day, 1st and 2nd month of the baby's life. At 6 months were made telephone contact for both groups.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

217

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Brazil
      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 91215200
        • Salete de matos

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 55 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Mothers living in the city of Porto Alegre

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mothers who test positive for HIV, poor hearing, visual and mental disorders, preterm infants, twin hospitalized

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention group
Guidelines and review of the breastfeeding techniques.
Other: Breastfeeding guidance
Breastfeeding guidance
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group
The control group will receive home visits only when the baby is 6 months of life, they will be re-evaluated by the researchers as the practice of exclusive breastfeeding and the technical and nursing management, and will be asked about the main difficulties encountered in maintaining breastfeeding.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Effects of Breastfeeding for Mothers measured by structured questionnaire
Time Frame: Six months
Six months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 7, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 16, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 16, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2016

Last Verified

December 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HMV - Breastfeeding

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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