Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2019
Online participatory intervention to promote and support exclusive breastfeeding: Randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Maternal & child nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04478682 (The Effect of Continuous Breastfeeding Support Provided to Mothers Through WhatsApp Messaging Application on Breastfeeding), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Continuous Breastfeeding Support Provided to Mothers Through WhatsApp Messaging Application on Breastfeeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effectiveness of Parent-Targeted Digital Health Interventions on Breastfeeding Practices: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of online intervention mode on breastfeeding results: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2023Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Social Media-Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Remote provision of breastfeeding support and education: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- The Value of Mobile Health in Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes Among Perinatal or Postpartum Women: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Online participatory intervention to promote and support exclusive breastfeeding: Randomized clinical trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Trial
- Co-Development of an Evidence-Based Breastfeeding Support Intervention, Optimised for Delivery in Healthcare Settings, and Adaptations for Mothers With Long-Term Conditions: The Action for Breastfeeding (A4B) Programme.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Telelactation Support in Emergency Situations: Experiences From the Recent Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey.Cureus · 2025Article
- Australian postpartum women want reputable health information delivered via social networking sites.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2024Article
- Comparing factors associated with overall satisfaction for different forms of remote breastfeeding support in the UK.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Article
- Scoping review of interventions to improve continuity of postdischarge care for newborns in LMICs.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- The need for educational intervention for breastfeeding women and the professional practice of midwives in France to promote breastfeeding: A joint explanatory study.European journal of midwifery · 2024Article
- A scoping review of health promotion interventions delivered via social media to women of reproductive age.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Birth Hospitalization Discharge of Breastfeeding Dyads, Revised 2022.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2022Article
- Social Networking Services as a Tool for Support of Mothers: A Literature Review.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Review
- An integrative review on mothers' experiences of online breastfeeding peer support: Motivations, attributes and effects.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Review
- Engagement design in studies on pregnancy and infant health using social media: Systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The support offered to mothers after hospital discharge can be decisive in maintaining exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months post-partum. The objective of this study was to assess the impact on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding of a participatory intervention using an online social network. A randomized clinical trial was performed involving 251 mother-child pairings in a university hospital in the Northeast of Brazil, 123 of which assigned to the intervention group and 128 to the control group. After hospital discharge, the intervention group was followed through a closed group of an online social network, where weekly posters were published on topics related to breastfeeding and an active communication was established with the mothers. The groups were interviewed monthly over the phone until the child reached 6 months of age. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was calculated through survival analysis, and the effect of the intervention was estimated through the Cox regression model. The exclusive breastfeeding frequencies were higher in the intervention group in all follow-up months, reaching 33.3% in the sixth month versus 8.3% in the control group. The median exclusive breastfeeding duration was 149 days (95% CI [129.6, 168.4]) in the intervention group and 86 days (95% CI [64.9, 107.1]) in the control group (P < 0.0001). The proportional risk of early interruption of exclusive breastfeeding was 0.38 (95% CI [0.28, 0.51], P < 0.0001). This intervention had a positive impact on the duration and frequency of exclusive breastfeeding.
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