Development of a Breastfeeding Supportive Mobile Application

Development of a Breastfeeding Supportive Mobile Application: Examining the Effect of the Application on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Outcomes in Primiparous

This work; The aim of this study was to develop a breastfeeding-supporting mobile application and to determine the effect of this application on breastfeeding self-efficacy and outcomes of primiparous. The research is planned to be carried out in two stages. In the first phase of the research, a mobile breastfeeding application based on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory will be developed. In the second phase of the study, a single-blind randomized pre-test-post-test control group intervention study design will be used to examine the effect of this developed application on breastfeeding self-efficacy and outcomes of primiparous.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does the breastfeeding-supporting mobile application based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory change the breastfeeding-self-efficacy of women?
2. Does a breastfeeding support mobile application based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory change the rate of women starting breastfeeding within the first hour after birth?
3. Does a breastfeeding-supporting mobile application based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory change women's time to breastfeed alone?
4. Does a breastfeeding support mobile application based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory change the breastfeeding duration of women?

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Self Efficacy; Breastfeeding; Postpartum
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Mobile application

Detailed Description

With the widespread adoption of smartphones and mobile software applications in healthcare delivery, developments in technology have significantly affected healthcare delivery models. Traditionally, only face-to-face interviews with health professionals have begun to be supported by mobile health applications (mHealth applications). An mHealth application refers to a standalone software application that can provide healthcare-related services through the use of portable devices such as smartphones. These applications provide more self-management in different health conditions and make it possible for individuals to access universal information, education and support network "anytime, anywhere" and therefore to receive care at home. Pregnant women and women who have just given birth are among the groups that most need and access health information online. They frequently use online applications to meet their need for information on birth and breastfeeding. In a systematic review of free-access mobile breastfeeding applications, it was revealed that there is a need to design a high-quality and interactive professional breastfeeding application that can encourage long-term breastfeeding behavior. It is thought that these practices have an important place in encouraging and supporting especially first-time mothers to breastfeed.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 86
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Eskişehir, Turkey, 26040
    • Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being 18 years or older (18-45 years old),
• To know how to read and write in Turkish,
• Not having a visual-hearing disability,
• 24-36. to be between weeks of pregnancy,
• Being primiparous,
• Single pregnancy,
• Wanting to breastfeed,
• Not having received breastfeeding training in any period of pregnancy before,
• Using a smart phone,
• Absence of a diagnosed psychiatric illness.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women carrying fetus with major anomaly,
• Women with breastfeeding contraindications,
• Women with high-risk pregnancies,
• Women who received advice from physicians not to breastfeed due to their health status, If the baby has any of the infectious or metabolic conditions specified by WHO or the Ministry of Health for which breastfeeding is contraindicated, When a baby with a birth weight of less than 2500 g is born or taken to the neonatal intensive care unit,
• When a baby with a birth weight over 2500 g is taken to the neonatal intensive care unit due to the week of birth, the mother will continue to receive information from the application, but will be excluded from the analysis.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: No intervention
Experimental: Experimental	Other: Mobile application; Breastfeeding Supportive Mobile Application

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changing women's breastfeeding-self-efficacy	Changing women's breastfeeding-self-efficacy with a breastfeeding-supportive mobile application intervention based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory	8 months
Changing the rate of women starting breastfeeding within the first hour after birth	Changing the rate of women starting breastfeeding within the first hour after birth with a breastfeeding-supportive mobile application intervention based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory	8 months
Changing the duration of breastfeeding alone	Changing the duration of breastfeeding alone by women with a breastfeeding-supportive mobile application intervention based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory	8 months
Changing the breastfeeding duration of women	Changing the breastfeeding duration of women with a breastfeeding-supportive mobile application intervention based on the Breastfeeding-Self-Efficacy Theory.	8 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eskisehir Osmangazi University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Fatma Nilüfer TOPKARA, Dr., Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 5, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 15, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 19, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 28, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2024
• Last Verified: August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: DBSMA

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No