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The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on anxiety of mothers of preterm infants

The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on anxiety of mothers of preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care unit

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20200120046200N3
Enrollment
148
Registered
2022-11-14
Start date
2022-10-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-03-13

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Conditions

The effect of participation in the oral-pharyngeal administration of colostrum on the anxiety of mothers of premature babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. Other stressful life events affecting family and household

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: During the first 24 hours after giving birth, the mothers of the test group deliver their expressed milk to the researcher three times a day every 4 hours during th

Sponsors

Iran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Ages 18 years and above Willingness to breastfeed Understanding and speaking ability in Persian language Willing to manually express milk or use of a manual or electric breast pump in the first 24 hours after delivery mother's presence in the hospital during the study period Gestational age less than 32 weeks or birth weight less than 1500 grams Being NPO for infant Stable vital signs for infant

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mother's suffering from psychological disorders requiring medication based on mother's self-report History of drug and psychoactive abuse Surgery or breast problems such as abscess, inverted nipple, mastitis or cancer Having diseases contrary to breastfeeding such as AIDS, active pulmonary tuberculosis Occurrence of stressful events during the study period Hospitalization of the mother after delivery in departments other than postpartum No grade 3 and 4 intraventricular hemorrhage Absence of pH less than 6 in the fifth minute after birth Absence of abnormalities in the infant based on medical records

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Maternal anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: State Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI).

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSeyedeh saeedeh Mousavi

Iran University of Medical Sciences

mousavi.ss@iums.ac.ir+98 21 4365 1807

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026