N/A
N=20
Home-based Breastfeeding Peer Counselling Programme
Breastfeeding
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03705494 ↗Enrolled (actual)
20
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Completing Qualitative Interviews on the Peer Counselling Breastfeeding Intervention — 5; 0; 1; 0 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Home-based peer counselling (web-based) intervention (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- Female
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Primary completion
- Oct 2019
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Completing Qualitative Interviews on the Peer Counselling Breastfeeding Intervention |
5; 0; 1; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Exclusively Breastfeed |
4; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3 | — |
| SECONDARY Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration |
6.0; 4.7 | — |
| SECONDARY Women's Self-efficacy in Breastfeeding |
37.1; 44.5; 45.3; 46.6; 47.3; 57.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Women's Attitude in Breastfeeding |
66.2; 61.5; 59.3; 63.1; 61.5; 66 | — |
Summary
A feasibility study is proposed in the current study as women who had given birth to their first babies recruited to a previous project specifically expressed the need for postnatal breastfeeding support from peer counsellors at home and there is evidence that this could be of benefit for women and their infants. Evidence of whether women in Hong Kong who had peer counsellors have better breastfeeding outcomes compared to women who had standard care however is not available. Prior to undertaking a definitive trial, the investigators need to know if women would be willing to be recruited and randomised to an intervention or standard care.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Primiparous mothers
- Intention to breastfeed
- Singleton pregnancy
- Term infant (37-42 weeks gestational)
- Cantonese speaking
- Hong Kong resident
- Mother with no serious medical or obstetrical complications.
Exclusion Criteria
- infant is <37 weeks gestation,
- infant has an Apgar score <8 at five minutes,
- infant has a birthweight <2500 grams,
- infant has any severe medical conditions or congenital malformations
- infant is placed in the special care baby unit for more than 48 hours after birth
- infant is placed in the neonatal intensive care unit at any time after birth
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03705494). 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.