Effect of Oketani Breast Massage on Promoting Breastfeeding (OKETANI-BF)

Mansoura University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Massage; Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy; Oketani Massage

Treatments: Other: Oketani massage group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07354360

NURS-MU-OKETANI-2026

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breastfeeding is essential for infant survival and maternal health; however, many primipara women experience breastfeeding difficulties in the early postpartum period, particularly breast engorgement, ineffective milk transfer, and low breastfeeding self-efficacy, which may compromise successful breastfeeding. Oketani massage is a non-pharmacological, cost-effective breast massage technique developed to enhance milk flow, reduce breast engorgement, and improve maternal comfort during breastfeeding.

This study aims to evaluate the effect of Oketani massage on successful breastfeeding among primipara women. Successful breastfeeding will be assessed through indicators of effective milk transfer, breastfeeding frequency, breast softness after feeding, engorgement prevention and maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy. The findings of this study may support the use of Oketani massage as a supportive nursing intervention to promote successful breastfeeding outcomes in the early postpartum period

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

inclusion criteria:

1. Age between 18 and 35 years
2. Singleton pregnancy
3. Term gestation (>37-40 weeks).
4. Women willing to breast feed
5. The woman will deliver by cesarean section and has relative with her
6. Absence of maternal physical and/ or mental illness that prevents breastfeeding.

The exclusion criteria include:

1. Women with breast problems such as breast tumors, breast surgery and nipple problems
2. Women have obstetric complications as postpartum hemorrhage.
3. Neonatal problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Other group

Description:

This group will receive the Oketani massage.

Treatment:

Other: Oketani massage group

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Primipara women in the control group who meet the inclusion criteria will be informed about the study and their consent will be obtained. This group will receive postpartum routine breast care according to health care facility policy. and they will be assessed according to outcome measures in the study