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The Effect of Individualized Counseling on the duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding

Effectiveness of Individualized Counseling in the duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding: multicenter, randomized, parallel and open clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4w9v5rq
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-03-20
Start date
2023-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Weaning

Interventions

This is a multicenter, randomized, parallel and open clinical trial. The study will be parallel, as each group of participants will be exposed to only one intervention studied (intervention or control

Sponsors

Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Collaborator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Primiparous women; who had a single fetus alive; with gestational age of 37 to 42 weeks; weighing more than 2,500 grams; regardless of the type of delivery; who are hemodynamically stable; conscious and oriented; and hospitalized in the room-ing, of the participating centers, at the time of the allocation for the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Will not be included in the postpartum women and neonates with contraindication for breastfeeding; neonates with malformations that prevent or hinder breastfeeding and/or with changes in the mechanics of breastfeeding (lingual frenulum); postpartum women whose neonates were immediately separated after clamping the umbilical cord at birth due to maternal-neonatal complications; postpartum women transferred from other institutions or who have already been discharged (readmission); postpartum women who use illicit and etilist drugs; postpartum women with intellectual and/or sensory disabilities; will be excluded postpartum women which malformations or abnormalities in the mechanics of breastfeeding are detected at the time of allocation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find an increase in the rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the sixth month of life, verified through telephone contact with the postpartum women, from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find an increase in the rates of exclusive breastfeeding at the time of hospital discharge, measured through an interview with the postpartum woman. ;It is expected to find a reduction in the occurrence of nipple trauma in the first and second week after hospital discharge, measured from the report through telephone contact with the postpartum woman.;It is expected to find an increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates at 1 and 4 months, measured from the report through telephone contact with the participant.;It is expected to find a reduction in the indicative signs of postpartum depression at 1, 4 and 6 months, measured from the report through telephone contact with the participant.;It is expected to find a reduction in hospitalizations and diseases in childhood at 1, 4 and 6 months, measured from the report through telephone contact with the participant.;It is expected to find a reduction in early weaning rates (before the sixth month), measured from the report through telephone contact with the participant.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMariana Ruiz

Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

mariana.ruiz@uftm.edu.br+55(34)37006827

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026