N/A
N=428
Evaluating a Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention
Parenting · Breastfeeding
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01536119 ↗Enrolled (actual)
428
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate at 12 Weeks Postpartum — 70; 63 percentage of participants — p=0.27
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
- Primary completion
- Oct 2012
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate at 12 Weeks Postpartum |
70; 63 | 0.27 |
| SECONDARY Exclusive Breastfeeding |
75; 62 | 0.09 |
| SECONDARY Any Breastfeeding |
100; 92 | 0.02 sig |
| SECONDARY Any Breastfeeding |
100; 92 | 0.02 sig |
| SECONDARY Coparenting Relationship |
179.9; 174.9 | 0.29 |
| SECONDARY Coparenting Relationship |
179.9; 174.9 | 0.29 |
| SECONDARY Breastfeeding Support |
86.6; 83.6 | 0.21 |
| SECONDARY Breastfeeding Support |
86.6; 83.6 | 0.21 |
| SECONDARY Paternal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy |
55.9; 53.1 | 0.06 |
| SECONDARY Paternal Infant Feeding Attitude |
62.1; 61.2 | 0.43 |
Summary
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Coparenting Breastfeeding Support Intervention with first time parents on exclusive breastfeeding rates at 12 weeks postpartum. Partner support and the coparenting relationship will also be evaluated.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- The target population for the study will be all primiparous breastfeeding women on the postpartum unit who meet the following inclusion criteria:
- singleton birth (vaginal and cesarean births)
- term infant (37-42 weeks gestation)
- speaks and reads English
- 18 years of age or older
- parents living in the same home, father (the breastfeeding woman's male partner) jointly responsible for the infant.
Exclusion Criteria
- The exclusion criteria will include:
- sharing a hospital room with a study participant
- infants or maternal medical problems that interfere with breastfeeding (eg. infant with cleft palate or maternal previous breast surgery)
- midwifery patient
- infant not discharged home with mother
- mother is pumping milk but not breastfeeding
- mother does not have access to the internet
- mother does not have a telephone.
- father not available
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01536119). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.