A randomized controlled trial of impact of wearable, wireless breast pumps on how often and how much milk mothers of premature infants can pump.
Randomized, controlled crossover study design. Non-blinded. Mother of infants born at or below 29+6 weeks of gestation will be eligible once their infant is 28 or more days old. Mothers will be provided with a wearable, wireless breast pump in addition to their usual hospital grade pump. Wireless pumps can be used while cuddling their baby, driving too and from the hospital, caring for other children, etc.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
As above
Ascension Seton Medical Center
Austin, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGNumber of pumping sessions per day
Number of milk pumping sessions per day
Time frame: 7 days
Volume of milk pumped per day
Volume of breast milk pumped per day
Time frame: 7 days
Percentage of required volume pumped
Percentage of infants daily required milk volume which was pumped per day
Time frame: 7 days
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