Status:
COMPLETED
A Smartphone-Based Approach to Improved Breast-Feeding Rates And Self-Efficacy
Lead Sponsor:
Augusta University
Conditions:
Breastfeeding
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To provide patients with easily accessible information in the form of a smartphone application regarding medically appropriate information about breastfeeding and to assess the impact this information...
Detailed Description
The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and neonate have been well documented and extensively researched. Breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal despite known advantages including reduced lifetim...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primiparous and multiparous females receiving prenatal care at Augusta University Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic at 32 through 36 weeks gestation.
- No documented anatomic differences in mother's chest anatomy.
- Access to the internet via an Apple® device (such as i-phone or i-pad).
- Delivery at Augusta University Medical Center
Exclusion
- Significant maternal intrapartum or postpartum complications (i.e., postpartum hemorrhage \> 2000 mL, uterine inversion, retained products, ICU admission, postpartum psychosis).
- Infants admitted to neonatal intensive care unit \>48 hours
- Pre-term deliveries prior to 37 weeks gestation
- Infants with cleft palate, or other palate/facial defects
- Patients without email access or internet access
- Patients without an Apple® device (i-phone, i-pad)
- Non-English speaker
- Mothers unable to breastfeed secondary to contraindicated communicable disease (i.e.
- HIV)
- Mothers unable to breastfeed secondary to contraindicated medications
- Mothers of infants up for adoption
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
93 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04816383
Start Date
July 1 2021
End Date
June 1 2023
Last Update
March 8 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912