Home-based Breastfeeding Peer Counselling Programme

NCT03705494 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: BFPC1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Breastfeeding

Keywords

Breastfeeding; Peer counsellor

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants Completing Qualitative Interviews on the Peer Counselling Breastfeeding Intervention

  The number of participants who have completed the in-depth qualitative interviews on their views on the peer counselling breastfeeding intervention programme. Participants who are in the intervention group and have received intervention were approached for qualitative interviews after study completion at six months. Eight participants have received intervention, two of which has been lost to follow-up. Thus, six participants were approached for the interview. One participants refused to be interviewed.

  through study completion, an average of 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Number of Participants Who Exclusively Breastfeed

  At 1, 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum

• Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration

  At 1, 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum

• Women's Self-efficacy in Breastfeeding

  At baseline, 2 and 4 months postpartum

• Women's Attitude in Breastfeeding

  At baseline, 2 and 4 months postpartum

Study Arms (2)

Home-based peer counselling intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Women planning to breastfeed who meet the study's inclusion criteria

Other: Home-based peer counselling (web-based) intervention

Standard usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Women planning to breastfeed who meet the study's inclusion criteria

Interventions

Home-based peer counselling (web-based) intervention OTHER

The intervention consists of 5-6 home based visits (web-based) over 6 months by trained peer counsellors who will focus on breastfeeding among mothers who have already decided to breastfeed and are interested in this programme.

Home-based peer counselling intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Lok KY, Chow CLY, Shing JSY, Smith R, Lam CCO, Bick D, Chang YS. Feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of an innovative postnatal home-based breastfeeding peer support programme in Hong Kong: a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial. Int Breastfeed J. 2021 Apr 13;16(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13006-021-00381-5.

  PMID: 33849582 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Interventions

Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr Kris LOK
• Organization: The University of Hong Kong

krislok@hku.hk

39176690

Study Officials

• Kris YW Dr Lok, PhD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2018
• First Posted: October 15, 2018
• Study Start: February 19, 2019
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2019
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: June 6, 2023
• Results First Posted: December 24, 2020

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)