Clinical trial NCT04536896: Smartphone Application for Breastfeeding Education in Medical Students
Official title: Efficacy of a Smartphone App for a Breastmilk Feeding Course Among Sixth Year Medical Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Medical Education
Keywords: breastfeeding education
medical education
Lead sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-09-03
Enrollment: 438
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Non-randomized quasi-experimental trial
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two educational interventions to enhance breastfeeding knowledge among senior medical students. One intervention consisted of a traditional face-to-face teaching lecture and the other consisted of the use of a smartphone application containing information about breastfeeding.

Detailed description: A quasi-experimental study was performed. Students were allocated to two groups; the first group underwent a 6-hour face-to-face breastfeeding course which was divided in four 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks. The second intervention consisted of downloading a digital smartphone application designed by the research team to teach proper breastfeeding concepts which participants freely navigated during the same time span of two weeks. Before and after each intervention, students answered a general breastfeeding knowledge test consisting of twenty multiple choice answers with a score range of 0 to 20. Statistical comparisons between pre- and post-test scores were performed in each group and mean change in scores was compared between them to establish which method was the most efficient. Moreover, amount of time spent on the application was descriptively measured.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Senior adult medical students of any gender who at the time were enrolled on the Pediatrics biannual course during the July 2018 th -July 2019 th academic period.
* Provide verbal informed consent
* At least 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who did not possess an electronic device (smartphone or tablet) or decided not to participate in the study.
* Rate of non-attendance to the general pediatric course greater than 50%

Primary outcomes:
measure: Efficacy of each breastfeeding course evaluated by a quantitative general knowledge questionnaire
timeFrame: 14 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Comparison of the efficacy of each breastfeeding course by comparison of mean differences
timeFrame: 14 days
measure: Amount of time in minutes spent on the smartphone application
timeFrame: 14 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Monterrey
country: Mexico
facility: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
state: Nuevo Leon
Study officials:
affiliation: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
name: Erika Ochoa-Correa, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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