Breastfeeding Education and Humor-Based Practices on Breastfeeding

NCT06299397 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Inonu-SBF-4
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of breastfeeding education and humor-based practices in the antenatal period on breastfeeding motivation and attachment. 32-36 patients who applied to Bartın Gynecology and Children's Hospital for the project. It will consist of 64 pregnant women (32 experimental and 32 control group) at gestational week. Pregnant women who agree to participate in the project between these months will receive 30-45 minutes of humor practice after 30 minutes of breastfeeding training in the first session. The education and humor application will be implemented again a week later, on the same day, at the same time and in the same place. In the humor application, dance performances, applause, singing and laughter accompanied by 5 songs determined by the researchers will be included. The training program prepared for breastfeeding education will be applied to pregnant women. Then, humor will be applied. A pre-test will be administered before the training, a mid-test 1 month after the training, and a post-test in the 3rd month. Project data will be collected using the 'Introductory Information Form', 'Breastfeeding Motivation Scale' and 'Maternal Attachment Scale'.

Conditions

Humor as Topic; Breast Feeding; Mother-Child Relations; Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Keywords

humor as topic; breastfeeding; bonding; antenatal; motivation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Breastfeeding Motivation Scale

  The scale consists of 24 items and 5 sub-dimensions. Subdimensions of the scale; They were determined as intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, and external regulation. Scale items are rated between 'I strongly disagree' (1 point) and 'I strongly agree' (4 points). The scale is a 4-point Likert type, and each item receives a score between 1 and 4. The total score of the scale is not calculated. The score of the sub-dimensions is calculated by taking the average of the scale sub-dimension scores. It has been stated that the higher the score received from the scale sub-dimension, the higher the motivation representing that sub-dimension

  3 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Maternal Attachment Scale

  3 month

Study Arms (2)

Breastfeeding-Humor group

EXPERIMENTAL

32 pregnant women were included in the experimental group determined by randomization method. Consent to participate in the study was obtained from these pregnant women. After obtaining consent, a pre-test was conducted. Afterwards, pregnant women were given breastfeeding education and humor practice. The application was applied once a week, twice a week. An interim test was administered 1 month after the application, and a final test was administered 3 months later.

Behavioral: breastfeeding - humor training

Control Group

SHAM COMPARATOR

After randomization, consent was obtained from the pregnant women determined that they agreed to participate in the study. The pregnant women in the control group were given a pre-test before starting the study, an interim test 1 month after the start, and a final test 3 months later.

Other: Control Group

Interventions

breastfeeding - humor training BEHAVIORAL

Breastfeeding and humor-based practice will continue for 35-45 minutes, once a week for 2 weeks.

Breastfeeding-Humor group

Control Group OTHER

After randomization, consent was obtained from the pregnant women determined that they agreed to participate in the study. The pregnant women in the control group were given a pre-test before starting the study, an interim test 1 month after the start, and a final test 3 months later.

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Being pregnant in the primiparous period
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being over 18 years of age,
• Having a healthy pregnancy,
• Being literate,
• Being in the gestational week,
• Being primiparous,
• Not having any psychiatric diagnosis.

You may not qualify if:

• Not having attended one of the trainings
• incompletely filling out the questionnaires

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Simge OZTURK

Bartın, 74100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Simge Ozturk, Ph.D

  Bartın Unıversity

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: After randomization was performed by a researcher independent of the study, it was decided by lottery method which group would be the experiment and which group would be the control group.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Participants determined by the researchers before starting the study were divided into experimental and control groups by randomization method. Humor-based breastfeeding education was given to women in the experimental group for 35-45 minutes once a week for 2 weeks on specified days and hours. Breastfeeding education was given in practice. Then, humor was practiced with songs and clown costumes. An interim test was administered one month after this application and a final test was administered three months later.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2024
• First Posted: March 7, 2024
• Study Start: June 14, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 14, 2023
• Study Completion: February 14, 2024
• Last Updated: March 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)