Effectiveness of Midwife Phone Support With the to Reduce the Early Abandonment of Breastfeeding

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03973476

Acronym

STAM

Enrollment

220

Registered

2019-06-04

Start date

2012-01-01

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2019-06-04

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Conditions

Breastfeeding

Keywords

phone support; midwife; early abandonment of breastfeeding

Brief summary

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of telephone support of the reference midwife, in relation to the abandonment of breastfeeding of primiparous mothers and to identify, both the risk factors and the protective factors for the early abandonment of breastfeeding. Material and Method Randomized parallel controlled clinical trial.

Detailed description

Sample: 220 primiparous mothers with access, during the 8 weeks postpartum, to a mobile phone to contact the midwife randomization of 110 mothers to the experimental group and 110 to the control group. The mothers of the experimental group will be offered the mobile phone number to contact their midwife after delivery. The mothers of the control group will receive the usual attention of the portfolio of services that includes the spontaneous visit in the center, the telephone call in the center, the home visit and the health education groups.

Interventions

OTHERPhone care support by midwife

Mothers can call the midwife's telephone every working day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Primiparians who carry out the follow-up of pregnancy for the midwife * The pregnant woman is of low risk * Possibility of the mother to make calls to the mobile phone. * The pregnant woman wishes to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Maternal or fetal pathology that can condition maternal breastfeeding. * idiomatic barrier. * Prematurity. * Baby with weight \<2,500 gr. at birth * Home delivery during the puerperium

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percentage of participants who breast-feed at 3 months of intervention	3 months	Women who still breastfeed 3 months after the intervention with respect to the control arm

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026