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NCT Number: NCT06746662

The Effect of Hypno-Lactation Counseling on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Breastfeeding Success in Adolescent Pregnant Women

This study aimed to investigate the effects of counseling based on hypno-breastfeeding philosophy on breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding success in pregnant adolescents.

Research Hypotheses H1a: The intervention group's breastfeeding self-efficacy after hypno-breastfeeding counseling is different from the control group.

H1b: The intervention group's breastfeeding success after hypno-breastfeeding counseling is different from the control group.

This thesis is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study is planned to be conducted with two parallel groups, namely the intervention and control groups. Hypno-breastfeeding training will be applied to the intervention group, and standard breastfeeding training will be applied to the control group. The study will be conducted with pregnant adolescents who applied to the pregnancy clinic of Adıyaman University Training and Research Hospital between December 2024 and April 2025.

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Key information

Conditions

Pregnant Women Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior

Age range

16 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This study aimed to investigate the effects of counseling based on hypno-breastfeeding philosophy on breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding success in pregnant adolescents.

Place, type and time of the study This thesis study is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study is planned to be conducted with two parallel groups, the intervention and control groups. Hypno-breastfeeding training will be applied to the intervention group, and standard breastfeeding training will be applied to the control group. The study will be conducted with pregnant adolescents who applied to the pregnancy clinic of Adıyaman University Education and Research Hospital between December 2024 and April 2025.The Universe and Sample of the Study: The universe of the study consists of pregnant adolescents registered at the 400-bed Adıyaman University Training and Research Hospital.

Data Collection Tools Data will be collected using the Personal Information Form (Appendix 1), Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (Appendix 2) and Breastfeeding Diagnostic Scale (LATCH) (Appendix 3) prepared by the researchers in line with the literature.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Between the ages of 16-19,
  • Single pregnancy,
  • Primiparous,
  • Planning a normal vaginal birth,
  • In the last trimester of pregnancy,
  • No communication problems,
  • Can speak and understand Turkish,
  • Can read and write, as the scales must be filled out by the individual,
  • No condition preventing breastfeeding,
  • Not receiving any training/counseling regarding breastfeeding during pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

  • Women who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder,
  • Complications in the mother and baby (chronic disease in the mother that prevents breastfeeding; diabetes, hypertension, etc. fetal anomalies in the fetus, postpartum discomfort that will prevent breastfeeding),
  • Women who develop a health problem during pregnancy during the training process,
  • Women who want to withdraw from the study voluntarily
  • Women who have any disability (hearing impairment, etc.) will be excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

Hypnobreastfeeding training and consultancy

Behavioral

Hypno-breastfeeding Education Group

A counseling program based on hypno-breastfeeding philosophy, where 4-week education content will be presented to pregnant adolescents in their 28-30th week of pregnancy and applications will be made, will be implemented with 4 sessions and 6 follow-up

Primary outcomes

  1. Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy

    Time frame: Baseline, 4 week, and after the labour

    The first form of the scale developed by Dennis and Faux was designed with 33 items, but after a second study, Dennis revised the scale and created a short form of 14 items (5). The Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Aluş Tokat and colleagues (6). The scale can be applied in the prenatal and postnatal periods and measures how adequate women feel about breastfeeding. The items of the five-point Likert-type scale are scored as not at all sure (1), not very sure (2), sometimes sure (3), sure (4), very sure (5). The lowest score that can be obtained from the entire evaluation scores of the scale is 14 and the highest score is 70. A low total score obtained from the scale indicates that the perception of breastfeeding self-efficacy is low.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Breastfeeding Success

    Time frame: Baseline, 4 week, and after the labour

    The LATCH breastfeeding diagnosis and assessment scale is a diagnostic method used to assess breastfeeding success, first created in 1986 by resembling the APGAR scoring system in terms of scoring method . The average application time varies between 7-10 minutes. This measurement tool was developed to objectively diagnose breastfeeding, identify breastfeeding problems, create a common language among healthcare professionals and to be used in research (to determine breastfeeding success in longitudinal studies) . It consists of five evaluation criteria, and the abbreviation of the first letters of the English equivalents of these criteria constitutes the name of the scale.

    Each item is evaluated between 0-2 points. The highest total score that can be obtained is 10, and a high score means a high breastfeeding success.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

ipek T TURAN, Araştırma Görevlisi

CONTACT

[email protected]

90 - 05526310592

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cukurova University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Hypnobreastfeeding Philosophy-Based Counseling on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Breastfeeding Success in Adolescent Pregnant Women

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 24, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 12, 2025

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