Smartphone Application for Breastfeeding Education in Medical Students

NCT04536896 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PE18-00005
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 438
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two educational interventions to enhance breastfeeding knowledge among senior medical students. One intervention consisted of a traditional face-to-face teaching lecture and the other consisted of the use of a smartphone application containing information about breastfeeding.

Conditions

Medical Education

Keywords

breastfeeding education; medical education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Efficacy of each breastfeeding course evaluated by a quantitative general knowledge questionnaire

  In order to measure this outcome, all participants answered a test consisting of a quantitative questionnaire of general breastfeeding knowledge before and after the intervention. This general knowledge test consisted of twenty questions with multiple choice answers ranging between two to five possible answers according to the nature of the question. It was designed by study researchers which included specialists in Pediatrics and breastfeeding and it was based solely on the course content. Minimum and maximum scores were 0 and 20, where a higher score indicated a better grade on the test. Central tendency and dispersion measures were obtained for pre- and post-test scores and a further statistical comparison between this parameters indicated whether there was a statistically significant difference. If the post-test score was statistically superior to the pre-test score, it was concluded that the intervention was efficient to improve breastfeeding knowledge.

  14 days

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Comparison of the efficacy of each breastfeeding course by comparison of mean differences

  14 days

• Amount of time in minutes spent on the smartphone application

  14 days

Study Arms (2)

Traditional face-to-face teaching method

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

In this arm, participants underwent a 6-hour traditional face-to-face lecture on breastfeeding education in a classroom at a university. Course was divided into 4 1.5-hour sessions during a time span of two weeks.

Other: Traditional face-to-face breastfeeding lecture

Breastfeeding smartphone app

EXPERIMENTAL

In this group, participants downloaded a smartphone application which contained an online breastfeeding education course. Participants freely navigated through the smartphone app during a time span of two weeks.

Other: Smartphone breastfeeding application

Interventions

Smartphone breastfeeding application OTHER

This intervention consists of a smartphone application which contains relevant information and topics regarding proper breastfeeding knowledge for medical students.

Breastfeeding smartphone app

Traditional face-to-face breastfeeding lecture OTHER

This intervention consists of the impartition of a face-to-face breastfeeding course

Traditional face-to-face teaching method

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Senior adult medical students of any gender who at the time were enrolled on the Pediatrics biannual course during the July 2018 th -July 2019 th academic period.
• Provide verbal informed consent
• At least 18 years old

You may not qualify if:

• Students who did not possess an electronic device (smartphone or tablet) or decided not to participate in the study.
• Rate of non-attendance to the general pediatric course greater than 50%

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon: lead

Study Sites (1)

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico

Location

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Study Officials

• Erika Ochoa-Correa, MD

  UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical Doctor

Model Details: Non-randomized quasi-experimental trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2020
• First Posted: September 3, 2020
• Study Start: July 31, 2018
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2019
• Study Completion: December 15, 2019
• Last Updated: September 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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