Status:
COMPLETED
EFFECT OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY VERSUS ELECTROACUPUNCTURE ON POSTNATAL SCANTY MILK SECRETION
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Insufficient Lactation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-35 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
A randomized controlled study conducted on 60 healthy primiparous mothers with insufficient lactation. The participants were divided randomly into three equal groups, Group (A) control, Group (B) rece...
Detailed Description
Women in Group (A) acted as a control group and only received medical treatment in the form of 10 mg domperidone 3 times a day after meals) and advice about lactation, nutrition and fluid intake all t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Their age ranged between 20 and 35 years old
- 25 to 30 kg/m² body mass index (BMI).
- They attended the breast feeding clinic complaining from insufficiency of lactation within the 1st month after normal vaginal delivery and they were using mixed feeding (Both breast and bottle feeding at least 3 bottles per day and not more than 6 bottles).
- They had approximately the same nutrition as well as, education level
Exclusion
- lactating mothers who suffered from post-partum hemorrhage
- cardio respiratory disease
- diabetes mellitus
- breast cancer
- previous surgeries in the chest, breast or the surrounding area
- anemia
- those who had any causes that hindering their normal breast feeding as (retraced, cracked, inflamed or inverted nipples)
- Women receiving contraceptive pills,
- conditions related to the infant that affect the lactation process were excluded such as congenital conditions of infant mouth: tongue tie, cleft of the soft palate and congenital heart disease of the infant
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 2 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 2 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03806062
Start Date
January 2 2018
End Date
January 2 2019
Last Update
January 16 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Kasr Alainy medical school
Cairo, Egypt, 12151