NCT06277856

Peer Interaction of Primiparas Sharing a Room With Multiparas With Successful Breastfeeding Experience

Completed NA Last updated 19 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Peer interaction/control in Mothers in 128 participants. Completed in 26 August 2024.

Timeline

18 October 2022

Primary endpoint
23 May 2023

26 August 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ege University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	128
Start date	18 October 2022
Primary completion	23 May 2023
Estimated completion	26 August 2024
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Peer interaction/control

Conditions studied

• Mothers — all drugs for Mothers →

Sponsor

Ege University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 49, female only, with Mothers. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that peer support breastfeeding education programs are effective interventions for improving breastfeeding outcomes. In this context, the WHO's Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding recommends the implementation of "lay health worker peer counselors" and "mother-to-mother support groups" to promote and support breastfeeding. The tenth step of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative also emphasizes the importance of mother-to-mother support as a successful intervention for breastfeeding. However, in our country, there have been limited studies and efforts to provide peer education and support for breastfeeding. Although various valuable studies using different educational techniques have been conducted to improve breastfeeding rates, the integration of these programs into routine clinical practice remains insufficient. This study aims to implement a peer interactive education program in postpartum rooms to bring experienced and inexperienced mothers together, as part of the hospital routine. The project will focus on the development and implementation of a peer interactive education program and will investigate its impact on the breastfeeding self-efficacy of primiparous mothers. The research follows a two-group pre-test and post-test design, is non-blind, and uses randomized controlled methodology. Initially, the hospital rooms will be rearranged to accommodate the implementation of the peer support breastfeeding education module. Researcher midwives will provide a brief training to experienced peer educator mothers who have previously breastfed.Afterwards, the peer education program will be conducted when the experienced mother and primiparous mother are together in the room. The study emphasizes improving early postpartum breastfeeding success and aims to make peer interaction a routine part of hospital practice. The feasibility of implementing peer education in hospitals will be evaluated, considering its simplicity and practicality. The impact of peer interactions on the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding will be assessed.

Overall, this research aims to improve breastfeeding rates by implementing peer support programs in hospital settings and evaluating the outcomes of peer interactions in terms of the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy and attitudes towards breastfeeding.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.