Prenatal Breastfeeding Education to Reduce Nipple Pain (BEST)

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nipple Pain During Lactation

Treatments: Behavioral: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01092156

MM-0844-05/05 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

200614137-5

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches to prenatal teaching of infant latch.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women who intend to breastfeed their infants
• Single infant
• Resides in catchment area
• Has phone
• Speaks English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Education on Infant-led latching

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education

Standard education

No Intervention group