Effectiveness of Midwife Phone Support With the to Reduce the Early Abandonment of Breastfeeding (STAM)

Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Other: Phone care support by midwife

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03973476

P10/53-STAM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of telephone support of the reference midwife, in relation to the abandonment of breastfeeding of primiparous mothers and to identify, both the risk factors and the protective factors for the early abandonment of breastfeeding.

Material and Method Randomized parallel controlled clinical trial.

Full description

Sample: 220 primiparous mothers with access, during the 8 weeks postpartum, to a mobile phone to contact the midwife randomization of 110 mothers to the experimental group and 110 to the control group. The mothers of the experimental group will be offered the mobile phone number to contact their midwife after delivery. The mothers of the control group will receive the usual attention of the portfolio of services that includes the spontaneous visit in the center, the telephone call in the center, the home visit and the health education groups.

Enrollment: 220 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primiparians who carry out the follow-up of pregnancy for the midwife
• The pregnant woman is of low risk
• Possibility of the mother to make calls to the mobile phone.
• The pregnant woman wishes to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Maternal or fetal pathology that can condition maternal breastfeeding.
• idiomatic barrier.
• Prematurity.
• Baby with weight <2,500 gr. at birth
• Home delivery during the puerperium

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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220 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Mothers received a phone support service with their midwife during the 8 weeks after childbirth.

Treatment:

Other: Phone care support by midwife

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Mothers received standard postpartum care