Web-based Breastfeeding Education for Adolescent Mothers

The Effect of Web-based Breastfeeding Education on Breastfeeding Levels in Adolescent Mothers.

The present study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based and face-to-face breastfeeding education given to primipara adolescent pregnant women. The study was conducted between March 2023 and December 2023 at the University of Health Sciences Van Training and Research Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Polyclinics. A total of 135 primipara adolescent pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study, including 45 in the Booklet Supported Face-to-Face Breastfeeding Education Program (KİDYEP), 45 in the Web-Based Video Supported Breastfeeding Education Program (WEBVİDEP) and 45 in the control group. Pre-test data were collected in the third trimester by applying socio-demographic data form, breast milk and breastfeeding information form, and breastfeeding self-efficacy short form scale (antenatal form) to the groups. After the pre-test data were collected, a face-to-face breastfeeding education program with a breastfeeding education booklet was administered to the KİDYEP group, and a web-based video-assisted breastfeeding education program was administered to the WEBVİDEP group. Data were collected by applying breast milk and breastfeeding information form, LATCH breastfeeding identification and evaluation scale and breastfeeding self-efficacy short form scale (postnatal version) to the groups at the first (midtest) and sixth (posttest) weeks after delivery. As a result of the present study, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding, the total duration of considering breastfeeding, breast milk and breastfeeding knowledge levels, breastfeeding self-efficacy levels and breastfeeding success of the mothers in the KİDYEP and WEBVİDEP groups were found to be higher than the control group, and both the booklet-supported face-to-face breastfeeding education program and the web-based video-supported breastfeeding education program were found to be similarly effective.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Breastfeeding
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: web- based education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 128
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Lütfen Seçiniz.
    • VAN, Lütfen Seçiniz., Turkey
      • Emine KURTCAN

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged between 15 and 19 years
• Being 19 years old and above
• Being literate
• Being primigravida
• Having a single baby (not twins or more)
• Being a volunteer to participate in the study
• Having no health problems for the mother and the baby
• Having a computer, tablet or smart phone and the ability to use it
• Having regular internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• The mother being 18 years of age or younger
• Being multigravida and/or multiparous
• Having a health problem related to the mother or the baby
• Not having a smart phone or wireless internet during the study period
• Not filling out the survey forms incompletely and not watching videos about hygienic care of the newborn

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control
Experimental: Web taban	Behavioral: web- based education; breastfeeding education; Other Names: face to face education
Experimental: face to face	Behavioral: web- based education; breastfeeding education; Other Names: face to face education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
breastfeeding self-efficacy scale	breastfeeding self-efficacy scale	pre-test post-test (approximately seven month)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yuzuncu Yıl University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 5, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 10, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): November 25, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Web-Taban

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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