NCT05191303

Effectiveness of Mobile Intervention for Breast Feeding Counseling (MIBFc) in Primiparous Mothers

Developing Mobile Intervention of the Breast Feeding Counseling and Evaluating Its Effectiveness in Primiparous Mothers

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 228 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Oulu · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile intervention for breastfeeding counseling (MIBFc) to improve exclusive breastfeeding duration among primiparous women in Finland.

Detailed description

The investigators hypothesize that the use of mobile intervention for breastfeeding counseling to primiparous women improve the exclusive breastfeeding rates, breastfeeding attitudes, breastfeeding confidence and the satisfaction of breastfeeding counselling. These outcomes are assumed to be higher in the intervention group than in the control group.

Conditions

• Breast Feeding, Exclusive

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling	The mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling includes an evidence-based information of breastfeeding, which is based on Ten steps of breastfeeding of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare recommendation. The links provide more information and videos related to breastfeeding topic. The mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling allows the client to write comments or notes that can be used in counseling at maternity clinic or hospital. The mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling also provides an e-mail to non-urgent questions related to breastfeeding. Questions will be answered within 3 or 4 days by a lactation consultant (IBCLC).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-04
• Primary completion: 2023-05-31
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2022-01-13
• Last updated: 2022-05-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland