Early Breastfeeding Cessation - is It Possible to Prevent?

Breastfeeding Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomised Community Based Experimental Trial in the Health Visitor's Practice Field

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00145834
• Other study ID #: SUN-2002-653
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: September 1, 2005
• Last updated: September 1, 2005
• Start date: February 2004
• Est. completion date: April 2005

Study information

• Verified date: September 2005
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: National Board of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1456
• Est. completion date: April 2005
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breastfeeding
• Maternal Behaviour
• Practice
• Self-Efficacy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• community based trial

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Institute of Publich Health, Department of Nursing Science, University of Aarhus	Aarhus

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus	Lundbeck Foundation, Ribe Amt, Ringkjobing Amt, Sygekassernes Helsefond

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Breastfeeding duration
Secondary	Satisfaction with the breastfeeding period