Hospital-Based Breastfeeding Training İn The Early Postpartum Period

Ege University80 enrolled

Overview

H1: "Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Status" is higher in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training compared to the control group receiving routine care. H2: The level of knowledge obtained according to the "Pre-test Post-test Question Form" in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training is higher than before the education. H3: The status of starting and successfully continuing breastfeeding is higher in mothers who received postnatal hospital-based breastfeeding group training compared to the control group who received routine care.

Follow-up data of all mothers were collected by phone at 4 and 12 weeks. For this reason, the phone numbers of the mothers and a relative were recorded.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postpartum Women Education

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Can be contacted, 2. had a single birth, 3. Those who are 18 years old or older, 4. Residing in Izmir, 5. able to use phone 6. were determined to be mothers with no health problems in the mother and the baby Exclusion Criteria: \-

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale

This scale was developed by Cindy-Lee Dennis to measure breastfeeding competence and consists of 2 subscales and 33 items. The Turkish validity and reliability of the breastfeeding proficiency scale was made by Ekşioğlu and Çeber (2011). Breastfeeding self-efficacy increases as the total score increases in the 5-point Likert-type scale with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.91. The lowest score is 33, the highest score is 165.

Time frame: twelve weeks

Pre-Test Post-Test Information Form

It is a question form consisting of 25 questions in order to evaluate the knowledge about breastfeeding and breast milk before and after the training. The first application was done before the training and the second application was carried out in the 12th week.

Time frame: twelve weeks

Breastfeeding levels of mothers

The exclusive breastfeeding levels of their babies in the fourth and twelfth weeks of the mothers who received and did not receive education were evaluated.

Time frame: four weeks, twelve weeks