Clinical trial NCT06437093: The Effect of Relactation Support Program on Milk Release
Official title: The Effect of Relactation Support Program on Milk Release, Mother-Infant Attachment and Maternity Role
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Breast Feeding, Exclusive
Mother-Child Relations
Keywords: breast feeding
connecting
maternal role
Lead sponsor: Inonu University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-31
Enrollment: 34
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This is a single-group pre-test post-test experimental study.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of relactation support program on milk release, mother-infant attachment and maternity role.

Materials and Methods: This single-group pre-test post-test experimental study was conducted with 34 mothers who had 1-4 month old infants, stopped breastfeeding at least 15 days and at most 3 months ago and were registered in the family health centers of a province in the southern Turkey. The relactation support program was completed in 15 days, with eight home visits and seven telephone support sessions. The data were collected using a personal information form, a mother-infant follow-up form, the Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) and the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF).

Keywords: Mother-Infant Attachment, Maternity Role, Midwifery, Relactation, Milk Release.

Detailed description: This is a single-group pre-test post-test experimental study. This study was conducted between October 2021 and October 2022 in Family Health Centers (FHCs) in province in southern Turkey. By using the G\*power 3.1 program, the sample size was determined to include 29 mothers/women under 5% margin of error, 95% confidence level, and 95% power of representation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

For mothers;

* Having no milk release,
* Using no pharmacological agents that may increase milk release,
* Being not pregnant,
* Having no communication problem,
* Being literate,
* Being between the ages of 18-35 years,
* Having singleton gestation in their last childbirth,
* Using no medication that prevents breastfeeding (chemotherapy, etc.). For babies;
* Being healthy
* Having no congenital sucking problem (cleft palate, cleft lip, etc.)

Exclusion Criteria:

For mothers;

* Using any pharmacologic agent to increase milk release,
* Having a diagnosis of psychiatric illness. For babies;
* Having any metabolic disease that may prevent breastfeeding (galactosemia, phenylketonuria, etc.) or any other chronic disease (advanced heart disease, etc.).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: First day
measure: Scale 1
timeFrame: First day
measure: Scale 2
timeFrame: First day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: 1-16 days
measure: Scale 1 Scale 1 (Attachment Inventory)
timeFrame: 16. day
measure: Scale 2
timeFrame: 16. day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Malatya
country: Turkey
facility: Inonu Universty
Study officials:
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