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The Effect of Social Media Based Support on Breastfeeding Self-efficacy of Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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What is being tested

Breastfeeding education and counseling

+ Routine postpartum breastfeeding training included in the hospital procedure

Other
Who is being recruted

Behavior

+ Breast Feeding

+ Feeding Behavior

From 18 to 49 Years
+11 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Supportive Care Study

Interventional
Study Start: October 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorGazi University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: October 1, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The research was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. The stratified and permutation block randomization methods were used in the study. The personal information form and BSES-SF were administered to women in the hospital before the intervention. Breastfeeding education and counseling were provided via social media (WhatsApp) to support women for breastfeeding and to ensure the continuity of breastfeeding in the postpartum period. Breastfeeding education was given to women in the first four weeks after discharge from the hospital. The control group received the routine breastfeeding postpartum educational training given to all women by healthcare personnel as part of the hospital procedures. Except for routine breastfeeding training, no intervention was applied to the control group.

Official TitleThe Effect of Social Media Based Support on Breastfeeding Self-efficacy of Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT04929717
Principal SponsorGazi University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

68 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Supportive Care Study

These studies explore ways to improve comfort and daily life for people living with a condition. They may focus on easing symptoms, reducing treatment side effects, or supporting overall well-being.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 49 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

BehaviorBreast FeedingFeeding Behavior

Criteria

5 inclusion criteria required to participate
being primipara
being 18 years of age or older
using the WhatsApp social media application
having a newborn with a weight of 2500 grams and above
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6 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
being multiparity
having a physical or mental health problem that would prevent breastfeeding
preterm labor (before 37 weeks)
difficult labor
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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
The personal information form and BSES-SF were administered to women in the hospital before the intervention. Breastfeeding education and counseling were provided via social media (WhatsApp) to support women for breastfeeding and to ensure the continuity of breastfeeding in the postpartum period. Breastfeeding education was given to women in the first four weeks after discharge from the hospital. After the breastfeeding education was completed via social media, the counseling process started. Counseling was conducted via social media with a question-answer method between the first and 6th months of postpartum.

Group II

The women in the control group were pre-tested at the hospital before discharge. The BSES-SF was re-administered by phone at the 3rd and 6th postpartum months. The control group received the routine breastfeeding postpartum educational training given to all women by healthcare personnel as part of the hospital procedures. Except for routine breastfeeding training, no intervention was applied to the control group.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Gazi University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)Open Gazi University in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center