Exercise Program to Increase Breast Milk

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Milk Expression; Maternal Behavior; Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06723613

2024/1172

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the effects of an exercise program aimed at increasing breast milk on breastfeeding self-efficacy, breastfeeding success, and breast milk quantity will be evaluated.

Full description

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will be conducted with 122 mothers who are in their 8th week postpartum and have healthy babies. Mothers in the exercise group will be given 1 hour (60 minutes) of exercise to increase breast milk three times a week for 6 weeks. The control group will be given routine breastfeeding education. Data will be collected using a sociodemographic form, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF), LATCH- Breastfeeding Charting system, IMDAT: a tool for assessing the level of maternal milk intake scale.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Those who are over 18 years old,
• Who gave birth at term pregnancy (38-42 weeks),
• Who have a healthy baby,
• Who are between 8 weeks postpartum.

Exclusion criteria

• Those with diagnosed mental illness (e.g., antidepressants, antianxiety or antipsychotic medications),
• Those with chronic systemic illnesses,
• Those with physical illnesses that may prevent them from exercising,
• Those with any postpartum complications (hemorrhage, postpartum infection, mastitis, thromboembolic disease or postpartum psychiatric disorder).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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122 participants in 2 patient groups

Placebo group

No Intervention group

Description:

Mothers in the control group will not exercise and will receive routine breastfeeding counseling. In the 8th and 14th weeks after birth, mothers will be subjected to; Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF), LATCH- Breastfeeding Charting system, IMDAT: a tool for assessing the level of maternal milk intake scales.

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Primiparous mothers assigned to the exercise group will attend classes in groups of 8-10. Mothers will be given 1 hour (120 minutes) of exercises to increase breast milk three times a week for 6 weeks. The total training time is 18 hours. Each session will include 60 minutes of warm-up and stretching exercises and 30 minutes of relaxation exercises.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise group