FamilyLink and Breastfeeding

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Behavioral: FamilyLink Pumping; Behavioral: Standard Pumping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03957941

1370355

Details and patient eligibility

About

The central hypothesis guiding this project is that having mothers view live video of their babies while they are pumping increases milk volume, caloric density, and maternal pumping experience.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers of 30 preterm infants (born before 34 weeks gestational age) admitted to the University of California, Davis neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Mother is pumping breastmilk
• Delivery at least 7 days prior
• Mother not an inpatient,

Exclusion criteria

• Mother has HIV
• Mother without access to a computer, smartphone, or tablet to access FamilyLink
• Infant delivered via surrogacy
• Maternal age outside limit of 18 to 50

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

FamilyLink Pumping

Experimental group

Description:

Pump three times while away from infant, while watching baby via FamilyLink.

Treatment:

Behavioral: FamilyLink Pumping

Standard Pumping

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pump three times while away from infant, not watching baby via FamilyLink.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Pumping