The Effect of Education Given to Postpartum Women on Their Attitudes Towards Childhood Vaccinations and Breastfeeding

NCT05923320 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AmasyaU18
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction:Breastfeeding and childhood vaccinations are the two most important public health practices for the healthy growth and development of the newborn. Aim:To investigate the effects of comprehensive training to be given to post-partum women who have just given birth in Amasya University Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Training and Research Hospital, obstetrics and gynecology service, on their attitudes towards childhood vaccinations and breastfeeding. Method:This research is in the type of repetitive measurement experimental design with pre-test post-test control group. The sample consisted of 30 experimental and 30 control groups selected from the universe by computer-assisted randomization method. The experimental group was hospitalized on the first day after birth, on the 2nd-7th day. days and 30-42. The trainings will be given to the post-partum women individually. About 30 minutes of training will be given and their questions, if any, will be answered. Then, data collection tools will be applied when the babies are 2,4,6 months old (posttest). Conclusion:This study will enable the comprehensive education to be given to post-partum women who have just given birth in the hospital, to improve their attitudes towards childhood vaccines and to increase the breastfeeding rate.

Conditions

Breast Feeding; Vaccination Refusal; Training Group, Sensitivity

Keywords

Training; breast-feeding; childhood vaccines; newborn; puerperant woman

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Breastfeeding Attitudes of The Evaluation Scale

  The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 184, and as the score from the scale increases, women's attitudes towards breastfeeding are evaluated positively. Sentences with colored (yellow) colors will be scored as "I totally agree" 4-3-2-1-0 as positive attitude, other sentences will be considered negative and reverse scoring will be done as "I totally agree" 0-1-2-3-4. The scale total score is 184. The score of positive items is 88, and the score of negative items is 96. As the score increases, it is evaluated that the breastfeeding attitude is positive.

  Change from "Breastfeeding Attitudes of The Evaluation Scale" scores at 6 months

• The Parent Attitudes About childhood vaccines scale (PACV)

  It consists of 15 questions. In the first two questions, the participant was asked whether the child was the firstborn and the degree of closeness with the child. The main PACV items start from the 3rd question and consist of a total of 15 items and 3 sub-areas (Question 3-Question 15). These sub-fields are; behavior are general attitudes and safety-efficacy domains. Evaluation scores of the scale; 2 points for hesitant answers, 0 points for unhesitating answers, 1 point for "I'm not sure or I don't know" answers. Items 1 and 2, in which the answer "I don't know" is considered as missing data, are excluded when scoring them, and 2 points are assigned to hesitant responses and 0 points to unhesitating responses for these items. After the scores of each item are given, they are added together;The total raw score is calculated.

  Change from "The Parent Attitudes About childhood vaccines scale " scores at 6 months

Study Arms (2)

experimental group -assigned intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group was given training on infancy vaccines and breastfeeding. The times of the trainings are determined based on the Postpartum Care Management Guide of the Ministry of Health. In the hospital on the first day after birth, 2-7. days and 30-42. Three days in total, trainings were given on breastfeeding and childhood vaccinations by making home visits. The training content has been prepared by taking into account the Ministry of Health Breastfeeding Guide (5) and the Ministry of Health's vaccination calendar and the Primary Care Vaccine Guide. The trainings will be given to the puerperant women individually. About 30 minutes of training will be given and their questions, if any, will be answered.

Behavioral: training

control grouup

NO INTERVENTION

no training was given to the control group

Interventions

training BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group was given training on infancy vaccines and breastfeeding. The times of the trainings are determined based on the Postpartum Care Management Guide of the Ministry of Health. In the hospital on the first day after birth, 2-7. days and 30-42. Three days in total, trainings were given on breastfeeding and childhood vaccinations by making home visits. The training content has been prepared by taking into account the Ministry of Health Breastfeeding Guide (5) and the Ministry of Health's vaccination calendar and the Primary Care Vaccine Guide. The trainings will be given to the puerperant women individually. About 30 minutes of training will be given and their questions, if any, will be answered.

experimental group -assigned intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 50 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: puerprant women
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Literate
• and over years old
• Those who volunteered to participate in the study women who do not have communication and mental difficulties

You may not qualify if:

• Those who do not fill out the entire questionnaire
• Having a newborn's disease
• Having a postpartum depression

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amasya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Amasya University Faculty of Health Sciences

Amasya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding; Vaccination Refusal; Hypersensitivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior; Treatment Refusal; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• duygu murat öztürk, PhD

  Amasya University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: single paticipant
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A repetitive measure design with a pretest-posttest control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 7, 2023
• First Posted: June 28, 2023
• Study Start: March 14, 2022
• Primary Completion: January 10, 2023
• Study Completion: June 6, 2023
• Last Updated: July 25, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)