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NCT Number: NCT03072251

Participation of Breast Milk Feeding Mothers in Research

To assess concerns and barriers for measuring milk intake of breast fed infants using the remote food photography method and SmartIntake smartphone application. These data will 1) provide support for further development of the Infant RFPM and 2) provide important preliminary data in a National Institutes of Health grant application being developed and assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary breastfeeding in the study population.

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Key information

Conditions

Breastfeeding Behavior Breast Feeding Energy Intake Feeding Behavior eHealth

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

About this study

Study participation will be the completion of an anonymous, online survey powered by HIPAA compliant REDCap database. The survey will be made available to potential participants through the internet. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete. The expected duration of recruitment and completion of the study is six months.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Any individual may take the survey.

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Receptivity for measuring milk intake for 5-7 days using a smartphone app

    Time frame: 1 day

    Outcome measured by questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

  1. Receptivity for expressing human breast milk to assess milk intake for 5-7 days

    Time frame: 1 day

    Outcome measured by questionnaire

Other outcomes

  1. Prevalence of breastfeeding in the survey population (exclusive, in combination with infant formula, in combination with other foods)

    Time frame: 1 day

    Outcome measured by questionnaire

  2. Method of feeding (breast, expressed human milk in an infant feeding bottle, combination of feeding methods)

    Time frame: 1 day

    Outcome measured by questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Mar 7, 2017
Registry last updated
Sep 27, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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