CompletedNot Applicable

Smartphone-Based Breastfeeding Counselling Study

Turkey (Türkiye)60 participantsStarted 2022-01-15

Plain-language summary

This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the effect of breastfeeding counselling delivered through a smartphone application on breastfeeding self-efficacy, breastfeeding duration, and breastfeeding-related problems among primiparous women in the postpartum period. A total of 60 women were allocated to either an intervention group receiving app-based counselling and motivational messages or a control group receiving routine postpartum care. Outcomes were assessed at multiple follow-up points up to six months postpartum using validated scales. The study investigated whether continuous mHealth-based support improves breastfeeding outcomes compared with standard care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women who agree to participate in the study, * Aged 18 years or older, * In the early postpartum period (first 24 hours), * Able to speak and understand Turkish, * Possessing a smartphone (ANDROID) and able to use it, * Who gave birth between 36 and 40 weeks of gestation, Exclusion Criteria: * Women who have had a breast infection during pregnancy, * Women whose baby has an anomaly in the mouth region, * Women who have communication difficulties, * Women with a history of breast cancer, * Women who have given birth multiple times, * Women with multiple pregnancies, * Women with a premature baby, * Women whose baby has neonatal jaundice have been excluded from the study.

What they're measuring

Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF) total score

Timeframe: Baseline (first postpartum day), 14 days postpartum, 6 weeks postpartum, 3 months postpartum, and 6 months postpartum

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07426185

SponsorEge University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-03-01