Clinical trial NCT05624047: The Effect of Breastfeeding Education Via Hybrid Simulation Method in the Antenatal Period on Postpartum Breastfeeding
Official title: The Effect of Breastfeeding Education Via Hybrid Simulation Method in the Antenatal Period on Postpartum Breastfeeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Breastfeeding
Lead sponsor: Bitlis Eren University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-11-21
Enrollment: 66
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 49
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study aimed to determine the effect of breastfeeding education given to pregnant women by a hybrid simulation method in the antenatal period on postpartum breastfeeding. This study will be carried out in a family health center in Turkey. Breastfeeding education will be given to pregnant women using a hybrid simulation method consisting of a wearable breast model and the standard patient in the intervention group. Women in the control group will receive only routine breastfeeding education.

Detailed description: The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial. The stratified block randomization methods will be used to assign women to the intervention and control groups. The personal information form and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (Antenatal) will be implemented to all women before the intervention. Breastfeeding education will be given to pregnant women using a hybrid simulation method consisting of a wearable breast model and the standard patient to support women in breastfeeding and to ensure the continuity of breastfeeding in the postpartum period. Breastfeeding education will be given to women in the 32-36 weeks of pregnancy in the antenatal period. The control group will be received the routine antenatal breastfeeding education given to all women by healthcare personnel as part of the family health center procedures. The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (Postnatal) and the LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Tool will be administered to women in both the experimental and control groups within the postpartum fifth days and at sixth week postpartum.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* being between 32-36 weeks of pregnancy
* being primipara or multipara
* being at least literate
* being planning to breastfeed
* agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* having a physical or mental health problem that would prevent breastfeeding
* preterm labor (before 37 weeks)
* either mother or baby having a health problem after birth
* being with multiple pregnancy
* being with high-risk pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (Antenatal)
timeFrame: Baseline: Between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy
measure: The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (Postnatal)
timeFrame: Postpartum on the fifth day
measure: The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (Postnatal)
timeFrame: Postpartum 6th week
measure: LATCH Breastfeeding Assesment Tool
timeFrame: Postpartum on the fifth day
measure: LATCH Breastfeeding Assesment Tool
timeFrame: Postpartum 6th week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bitlis
country: Turkey
facility: Bitlis Hüsrevpaşa Family Center
Study officials:
affiliation: Bitlis Eren University
name: Sultan Özkan Şat, Dr
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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