NCT06286176

Breastfeeding Promotion in Lebanon Through a Salutogenic Intervention

Enhancing Breastfeeding Promotion in Lebanon Through a Salutogenic Intervention: A Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nabiha Ramadan · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study is a randomized control trial to assess the effect of a salutogenic intervention on breastfeeding initiation and duration of exclusive breastfeeding in Lebanon. In this Salutogenic intervention, infant feeding helpers will provide subjects of the intervention group breastfeeding related information , and will support these subjects by counseling and guiding them to find general resistance resources. This aims to increase sense of coherence and its parameters: comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness, which are the base of salutogenesis.

Detailed description

Pregnant women were recruited in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy and were randomly assigned to either an intervention or control group. Both groups received standard breastfeeding education at the maternity ward. Additionally, the intervention is based on informative and supportive videos and a whatsapp group for interpersonal support. Videos and whatsapp groups were created and moderated by Infant Feeding Helpers. These are women from the same socio-economical background as the subjects, and have previous history of breastfeeding a minimum of 6 months exclusive breastfeeding. The aim of the intervention was to increase initiation and duration of breastfeeding by increasing comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness of the breastfeeding period and therefore by enhancing their sense of coherence. Chi-squared tests were used for descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon test was used for pre- post results of SOC and (SE) within each group. The change in pre-post SOC, SOC parameters and SE scores between control and intervention groups was analyzed with Quade non parametric.

Conditions

• Breast Feeding
• Exclusive Breastfeeding
• Salutogenesis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Videos with breastfeeding education material and encouraging messages	Distributed videos aim to increase breastfeeding related knowledge and to receive support
BEHAVIORAL	Whatsapp group	The Whatsapp group is used in the intervention as a platform for interpersonal exchange of information and experience, in addition to peer support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-17
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2024-02-29
• Last updated: 2024-02-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lebanon