mothers who have newborn babys in NICU
Conditions
Interventions
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Sponsors
Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Mothers who delivered her babys on from 24 weeks +0 days to 33weeks +6 days, and her babys are hospitalized in the NICU in Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital Perinatal Medical Center 2)They can participate regardless of past childbirth history or method of delivery. 3)Patint provided informed consent in writing. 4)They can read and fill out a questionnaire in Japanese. 5)If the patient is a minor, her protector can sign the letter of consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)bleeding over 500ml aroud childbirth. 2)infection 3)pregnancy-induced hypertension 4)active mastitis or untreated breast cancer 5)post mastectomy 6)impossible to record amout of breast milk 7)inpossible to stop taking following drugs 3 days before this study dopamin agonists, dopamin antagonists, estorogen, kampo(oriental herbal medicine)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| daily amount of breast milk 1)for 3 days before medication, 2)after 7 days of starting medication, 3)after 14 days, 4)when her child leaves NICU. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Nurses evaluate before the intervention and the end of this study about (1)shape of the breasts and nipples (2)number of opening breast ducts 2)Participants fill out a questionnaire about following subjective symptoms (3)stiff shoulders (4)insomnia (5)headache (6)low back pain (7)depression (8)sensitivity to cold (9)fatigue (10)SF-8 | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroshi Kakuto
Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital Department of East Asian Traditional Medicine
Outcome results
None listed