The Effect of Breastfeeding Counseling on Social Support Perception, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Outcomes

Launched by ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY · Feb 11, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how breastfeeding counseling can help mothers feel more confident about breastfeeding and improve their support from family members. It involves a program called EMÖZGEDAP, which includes five counseling sessions for pregnant women and their family members, focusing on building self-efficacy—this means helping them believe in their ability to successfully breastfeed. The study will take place in a state hospital in Turkey and will include 100 participants divided into two groups: one group will receive counseling, and the other will not. Researchers will check in with the participants at different points after giving birth to see how they are doing with breastfeeding and how supported they feel.

To participate in this study, you should be at least 18 years old, between 28 and 37 weeks pregnant, and expecting your first baby. You also need to have a supportive family member who can join the study with you. It’s important that both you and your baby are healthy and able to breastfeed, and that you live with your spouse. If you join, you can expect to have sessions with a nurse who will guide you and your family in learning more about breastfeeding, giving you tools and support to help you succeed. This trial is currently recruiting participants, so if you meet the criteria and are interested, you can reach out for more information.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being 18 years or older,
• • 28-37. be between weeks,
• • Being primiparous,
• • Having a healthy singleton pregnancy,
• • Being at least a primary school graduate,
• • Living with his/her spouse,
• • There is a relative who will support the mother, whom she defines as a relative (spouse, the woman's mother, or mother-in-law), and this person also agrees to participate in the study,
• • There is no condition that prevents breastfeeding for the mother and the baby (medication use, history of any psychiatric or chronic disease, history of any disease in the baby such as cleft palate-lip, etc.),
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Not filling out the forms in the study or filling them incompletely,
• • The participant wishes to leave the research,
• • The emergence of a condition that prevents breastfeeding in the mother and baby,
• • Moving from the city where the work is done or moving out of the town,
• • Family support is for less than 1 month,