Status:
COMPLETED
Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Breastfeeding, Exclusive
Breastfeeding
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Due the uncertainty of the pandemic wave and government restrictions that may affect health care services and behaviour, alternative mhealth strategies should be explored to identify breastfeeding sup...
Detailed Description
Mobile health (mhealth) refers to delivering health care and health promotion through mobile devices \[1\]. Advances of mobile technologies have led to increased use of mhealth interventions for effec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age or older
- Primiparous
- Intend to breastfeed
- had a singleton pregnancy
- had term infant (37-42 weeks gestation)
- Cantonese speakers
- Hong Kong residents
- had no serious medical or obstetrical complications
Exclusion
- Infant is \<37 weeks gestation
- Infant has an Apgar score \<8 at five minutes
- Infant has a birthweight \<2500 grams
- Infant has any severe medical conditions or congenital malformations
- Infant is placed in the special care baby unit for more than 48 hours after birth
- Infant is placed in the neonatal intensive care unit at any time after birth
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 5 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
43 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04826796
Start Date
March 5 2021
End Date
December 31 2021
Last Update
September 21 2022
Active Locations (1)
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1
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong