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

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Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912