Early Breastfeeding Cessation - is It Possible to Prevent? - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Aarhus Lundbeck Fonden Sygekassernes Helsefond Ringkjobing Amt Ribe Amt
Information provided by:	University of Aarhus
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00145834

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a postnatal public health breastfeeding intervention relying on the importance of the psychosocial factors can prolong the period with exclusive breastfeeding duration among mothers who want to breastfeed.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Breastfeeding Practice Maternal Behaviour Self-Efficacy	Behavioral: community based trial	Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Feeding

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomised Community Based Experimental Trial in the Health Visitor's Practice Field

Further study details as provided by University of Aarhus:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Breastfeeding duration

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Satisfaction with the breastfeeding period

Estimated Enrollment:	1456
Study Start Date:	February 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	April 2005

Detailed Description:

Breastfeeding is a complex learned behaviour and not a capability which comes naturally with motherhood. Different types of professional recommendations have been used to support the new mother in this process.

Randomised studies have shown that postnatal support can influence the breastfeeding duration positively. Various studies has offered different kinds of interventions with home visits and/or telephone calls as the generally used approach, but the proper follow-up on the breastfeeding support in the postnatal period after the mother leaves the hospital is not yet clear.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Danish mother, single child, gestational age of not less than 37 full weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

Mothers with an ethic background other than Danish, preterm delivery,twin birth

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00145834

Locations

Denmark
Institute of Publich Health, Department of Nursing Science, University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark, DK-8000 Aarhus C

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Aarhus

Lundbeck Fonden

Sygekassernes Helsefond

Ringkjobing Amt

Ribe Amt

Investigators

Study Director:

Ingegerd Harder, Ph.D.

Department of Nursing Science, University of Aarhus

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	SUN-2002-653
Study First Received:	September 1, 2005
Last Updated:	September 1, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00145834
Health Authority:	Denmark: National Board of Health

Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:

psychosocial factors
breastfeeding
postnatal intervention
health visitor

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009