NCT02994810

Orientation Effects of Breastfeeding for Mothers

Orientation Effects of Breastfeeding for Mothers in a Private Hospital: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 217 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Moinhos de Vento · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The benefits of breastfeeding are increasingly known of the population and breastfeeding rates in the country have been increasing, but still are below satisfactory to the Ministry of Health (MH) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Simple Strategies to guide and support the mother contributes to increasing knowledge about breastfeeding and can have positive impacts on breastfeeding rates.

Detailed description

Assess the impact of guidance on breastfeeding duration of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of a baby's life. 110 pairs of mother / baby - Recruitment: Private Hospital of Porto Alegre. The first stage was carried out in the maternity - Orientation: Breastfeeding Importance Handle Correct, Positioning mother and baby, socioeconomic data and demographics. For the intervention group held three home visits: 10th day, 1st and 2nd month of the baby's life. At 6 months were made telephone contact for both groups.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Breastfeeding guidance	Breastfeeding guidance

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2016-12-16
• Last updated: 2016-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil