Clinical trial NCT05106634: Evaluation of Breastfeeding Success and Self-Efficacy in Mothers Giving Birth Via Vaginal Delivery or Cesarean Section
Official title: Evaluation of Breastfeeding Success and Self-Efficacy Using LATCH in Mothers Giving Birth Via Vaginal Delivery or Cesarean Section: Cross-sectional Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Breastfeeding
Keywords: Breastfeeding Success
breastfeeding Self-Efficacy
vaginal delivery
cesarean section
spinal anesthesia
general anesthesia
epidural anestezi
Lead sponsor: Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-11-04
Enrollment: 106
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Being aged \>18 years old women who gave birth via VD or CS in the gynecology clinics of a training and research hospital and a city hospital and were in the early postpartum period (after 24 hours)

Brief summary: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted to compare breastfeeding success and breastfeeding self-efficacy levels of mothers who gave birth via vaginal delivery (spontaneous or via epidural analgesia) or cesarean section (under general or spinal anesthesia).

Detailed description: This study was conducted by including women, who gave birth via VD or CS in the gynecology clinics of a training and research hospital and a city hospital and were in the postpartum period (after 24 hours).

It compared the breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding success of mothers who gave birth via CS (under spinal anesthesia or general anesthesia) with those of mothers who gave birth via vaginal delivery (under epidural analgesia or via spontaneous vaginal delivery).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. being aged \>18 years old;
2. being literate;
3. having a baby of weight between 2500-4000 g, with 5th minute APGAR score of ≥7, and without congenital diseases and sucking and swallowing problems;
4. not having a disease that prevents breastfeeding;
5. having a full-term (37-42 weeks) VD or CS,
6. agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. a history of psychological or mental health problems
2. any condition in the mother or infant that was a barrier to breastfeeding
3. baby's admission into the neonatal unit
4. baby's separation from the mother for any reason

Primary outcomes:
measure: Breastfeeding success observing
timeFrame: Postpartum 24 hours
measure: Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy
timeFrame: Early postpartum period (after 24 hours)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bursa
country: Turkey
facility: Ul
Study officials:
affiliation: Uludag Üniversity
name: Gonca Buran, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Alus Tokat M, Sercekus P, Yenal K, Okumus H. Early postpartum breast-feeding outcomes and breast-feeding self-efficacy in Turkish mothers undergoing vaginal birth or cesarean birth with different types of anesthesia. Int J Nurs Knowl. 2015 Apr;26(2):73-9. doi: 10.1111/2047-3095.12037. Epub 2014 Jun 5.
citation: Maharlouei N MD, Pourhaghighi A Medical student, Raeisi Shahraki H PhD, Zohoori D MD, Lankarani KB MD. Factors Affecting Exclusive Breastfeeding, Using Adaptive LASSO Regression. Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2018 Jul;6(3):260-271.