Effectiveness of Mobile Intervention for Breast Feeding Counseling (MIBFc) in Primiparous Mothers

University of Oulu

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Breast Feeding, Exclusive

Treatments: Device: Mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05191303

1954032

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile intervention for breastfeeding counseling (MIBFc) to improve exclusive breastfeeding duration among primiparous women in Finland.

Full description

The investigators hypothesize that the use of mobile intervention for breastfeeding counseling to primiparous women improve the exclusive breastfeeding rates, breastfeeding attitudes, breastfeeding confidence and the satisfaction of breastfeeding counselling. These outcomes are assumed to be higher in the intervention group than in the control group.

Enrollment: 228 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primiparous women
• 18 years or older
• finnish language
• singleton foetus
• have an intention to breastfeed
• have a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

• multiple pregnancy
• risk pregnancy, or other disease to be monitored

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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228 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to standard usual care of breastfeeding counseling, the intervention group will have an opportunity to access the mobile application breastfeeding counseling from weeks 18 of pregnancy, continuing for up to 6 months after childbirth.

Treatment:

Device: Mobile intervention of breastfeeding counseling

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group receives the standard usual care of breastfeeding counseling in maternity care and in hospital from weeks 18 of pregnancy, continuing for up to 6 months after childbirth. The standard usual care of breastfeeding follows the 10 steps of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative programme and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare recommendation.