Breastfeeding Education and Humor-Based Practices on Breastfeeding

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Feeding; Mother-Child Relations; Humor as Topic; Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Treatments: Behavioral: breastfeeding - humor training; Other: Control Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06299397

Inonu-SBF-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of breastfeeding education and humor-based practices in the antenatal period on breastfeeding motivation and attachment. 32-36 patients who applied to Bartın Gynecology and Children's Hospital for the project. It will consist of 64 pregnant women (32 experimental and 32 control group) at gestational week. Pregnant women who agree to participate in the project between these months will receive 30-45 minutes of humor practice after 30 minutes of breastfeeding training in the first session. The education and humor application will be implemented again a week later, on the same day, at the same time and in the same place. In the humor application, dance performances, applause, singing and laughter accompanied by 5 songs determined by the researchers will be included. The training program prepared for breastfeeding education will be applied to pregnant women. Then, humor will be applied. A pre-test will be administered before the training, a mid-test 1 month after the training, and a post-test in the 3rd month. Project data will be collected using the 'Introductory Information Form', 'Breastfeeding Motivation Scale' and 'Maternal Attachment Scale'.

Full description

Breastfeeding is the ideal source of nutrition for babies. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends continuing breastfeeding exclusively with breast milk for the first 6 months and with complementary foods for up to 3 years. Breastfeeding is extremely effective on the health of the baby and mother. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of breastfeeding education and humor-based practices in the antenatal period on breastfeeding motivation and attachment. 32-36 patients who applied to Bartın Gynecology and Children's Hospital for the project. It will consist of 64 pregnant women (32 experimental and 32 control group) at gestational week. Pregnant women who agree to participate in the project between these months will receive 30-45 minutes of humor practice after 30 minutes of breastfeeding training in the first session. The education and humor application will be implemented again a week later, on the same day, at the same time and in the same place. In the humor application, dance performances, applause, singing and laughter accompanied by 5 songs determined by the researchers will be included. The training program prepared for breastfeeding education will be applied to pregnant women. Then, humor will be applied. A pre-test will be administered before the training, a mid-test 1 month after the training, and a post-test in the 3rd month. Project data will be collected using the 'Introductory Information Form', 'Breastfeeding Motivation Scale' and 'Maternal Attachment Scale'.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years of age,
• Having a healthy pregnancy,
• Being literate,
• 32-36. Being in the gestational week,
• Being primiparous,
• Not having any psychiatric diagnosis.

Exclusion criteria

• Not having attended one of the trainings
• incompletely filling out the questionnaires

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Breastfeeding-Humor group

Experimental group

Description:

32 pregnant women were included in the experimental group determined by randomization method. Consent to participate in the study was obtained from these pregnant women. After obtaining consent, a pre-test was conducted. Afterwards, pregnant women were given breastfeeding education and humor practice. The application was applied once a week, twice a week. An interim test was administered 1 month after the application, and a final test was administered 3 months later.

Treatment:

Behavioral: breastfeeding - humor training

Control Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

After randomization, consent was obtained from the pregnant women determined that they agreed to participate in the study. The pregnant women in the control group were given a pre-test before starting the study, an interim test 1 month after the start, and a final test 3 months later.

Treatment:

Other: Control Group