Breast Feeding Practice in High Risk Pregnant Women

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Feeding

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03178916

BFHRP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The American Academy of Paediatrics recognizes multiple benefits of breastfeeding to both the term and premature newborn, particularly with regard to protection from infectious agents. Studies have demonstrated decreased rates of bacteraemia, meningitis, respiratory and urinary tract infections, necrotizing enterocolitis, and otitis media among breastfed infants

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Diabetes mellitus.
2. Cardiac disease.
3. Essential hypertension.
4. Chronic chest disease, and/or chronic TB infection.
5. Chronic hepatitis.
6. Neurologic disease.
7. Anaemia (Hemoglobin <10 gm/dL).
8. Thyroid disease.
9. Multiple pregnancy.

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant women < 34 weeks.

Trial design

140 participants in 2 patient groups

Low risk pregnant women

Description:

evaluation of the efficacy of breastfeeding Low risk pregnant women

high risk pregnant women

Description:

evaluation of the efficacy of breastfeeding high risk pregnant women