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Breastfeeding in NRW: what can be learned from experiences in the Corona pandemic for breastfeeding promotion around clinical obstetrics?

Breastfeeding in NRW: what can be learned from experiences in the Corona pandemic for breastfeeding promotion around clinical obstetrics? - SINA

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00027975
Enrollment
200
Registered
2022-02-24
Start date
2021-10-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mothers' collective: healthy women

Interventions

Group 1: Hospital collective: maternity clinics in NRW, in which comprehensive data on breastfeeding management and special features under pandemic conditions are collected cross-sectionally
mothers' collective: women in childbed, who were recruited in four large clinics with catchment areas in social hotspots and interviewed via online tool 2 weeks and 2 months postpartum about their bre

Sponsors

St. Josef-Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Hospital collective: women's hospitals with obstetrics departments; mothers' collective: mother-infant pairs to whom no exclusion criteria apply

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mothers' collective: preterm birth (birth before 37th SSW), birth weight below 2500 grams, child transferred/deceased, mother has insufficient German language skills, mother has no internet/no e-mail address

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Hospital collective: adherence to recommendations for hospital breastfeeding promotion before and during the pandemic; mothers' collective: breastfeeding behavior under pandemic conditions in the first 2 months of life

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMathilde Kersting

Universitätskinderklinik Bochum

mathilde.kersting@rub.de+49 234 509 2615

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026