Breastfeeding, eHealth, Energy Intake
Conditions
Brief summary
To assess concerns and barriers for measuring milk intake of breast fed infants using the remote food photography method and SmartIntake smartphone application. These data will 1) provide support for further development of the Infant RFPM and 2) provide important preliminary data in a National Institutes of Health grant application being developed and assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary breastfeeding in the study population.
Detailed description
Study participation will be the completion of an anonymous, online survey powered by HIPAA compliant REDCap database. The survey will be made available to potential participants through the internet. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete. The expected duration of recruitment and completion of the study is six months.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Any individual may take the survey.
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Receptivity for measuring milk intake for 5-7 days using a smartphone app | 1 day | Outcome measured by questionnaire |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Receptivity for expressing human breast milk to assess milk intake for 5-7 days | 1 day | Outcome measured by questionnaire |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of breastfeeding in the survey population (exclusive, in combination with infant formula, in combination with other foods) | 1 day | Outcome measured by questionnaire |
| Method of feeding (breast, expressed human milk in an infant feeding bottle, combination of feeding methods) | 1 day | Outcome measured by questionnaire |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed