Self-Management versus Usual Care of Mastitis Following Childbirth: A Randomised Control Trial

Self-Management versus Usual Care of Mastitis Following Childbirth: A Randomised Control Trial to measure the prevalence of mastitis in breastfeeding women following childbirth

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000438459

Enrollment

1500

Registered

2007-08-29

Start date

2008-01-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Developing recurring mastitis is an area of research where there is little published work. Studying mastitis management after childbirth may lead to improved understanding of the outcomes for breastfeeding duration. We therefore wish to conduct a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) that will examine the outcomes of ‘Self-Management’ of mastitis versus ‘Usual Care’ in breastfeeding women following childbirth. The study intends to: Measure the prevalence of mastitis in a population of breastfeeding women. Measure breastfeeding duration and exclusivity in a population of breastfeeding women. Trial the ‘Self-Management’ of mastitis intervention. Measure women’s beastfeeding confidence. Hypotheses Self management of mastitis lowers the rate of GP visits Self management of mastitis increase breastfeeding confidence Self management of mastitis increase breastfeeding duration Self management of mastitis increase breastfeeding exclusivity

Interventions

Self-Management of mastitis use of an educational flow chart for the period of six months following recruitment into the study

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Factorial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Breastfeeding women aged 18 years and over that give birth at the Gold Coast Hospital

Exclusion criteria

women who don’t have access to a phone women that are non-English speaking women with babies in special care nursery

Outcome results