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Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2024

A randomized controlled trial of the Happy, Healthy, Loved personalized text-message program for new parent couples: impact on breastfeeding self-efficacy and mood.

Erin Henshaw, Marie Cooper, Teresa Wood, Sanchita Krishna, Marie Lockhart, Stacey Doan

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Trial report in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04578925 (Happy, Healthy, Loved), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04578925 nacompletednot on this map

Happy, Healthy, Loved: A Mobile-delivered Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Intervention for First Time Parents

TypeinterventionalSponsorOhioHealthRan2020 to 2023Enrolled128ConditionsBreast FeedingArmsHappy, Healthy, Loved
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Erin HenshawDepartment of Psychology, Denison University, 100 W. College St, Granville, OH, 43023, USA. henshawe@denison.edu.
Marie CooperRiverside Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth, 3535 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, OH, USA.
Teresa WoodOhioHealth, 3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH, 43214, USA.
Sanchita KrishnaOhioHealth Research Institute, 3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH, 43214, USA.
Marie LockhartOhioHealth Research Institute, 3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH, 43214, USA.
Stacey DoanBerger Institute, Claremont McKenna College, 888 N. Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreastfeeding self-efficacy has been identified as an important influence on breastfeeding outcomes. Among new parent couples, partners are uniquely positioned to be sources of support for developing breastfeeding self-efficacy, yet few breastfeeding programs have attempted to involve partners directly. The purpose of this study was to test the impact of a novel program, Happy, Healthy, Loved, on breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal mood through emphasizing partner support and actively addressing postpartum-specific stress management in a tailored text message delivery program.

methodsA randomized trial was conducted in which primiparous mother-partner dyads intending to exclusively breastfeed were recruited at midwestern hospitals 2-3 days after delivery. The clinical trial was pre-registered at clinicaltrials.gov (#NCT04578925, registration date 7/24/2020). Couples were randomized to receive intervention or an attentional control. Couples randomized to the intervention group then completed a brief interactive educational tablet program together (Happy, Healthy, Loved), followed by 6 weeks of tailored text messages providing reminders, coping strategies, and motivational milestones to improve breastfeeding self-efficacy. Participants in the control group received usual care followed by 6 weeks of attentional control text messages about infant development. Surveys were delivered at baseline, 6 weeks, and 6 months postpartum to both mother and partner to assess breastfeeding self-efficacy, mood, and social support (n = 62 couples).

resultsOutcomes of ANCOVA with baseline self-efficacy as a covariate showed a significant effect of intervention on 6 months breastfeeding self-efficacy when compared to control group. No other significant differences were found at 6 weeks or 6 months postpartum in breastfeeding self-efficacy, depressive or anxious symptoms.

conclusionsResults of the present investigation suggest that a text-based dyad intervention improved breastfeeding self-efficacy at 6 months, but not 6 weeks, postpartum, indicating that text-based mother-partner interventions are a promising direction to continue exploring in postpartum health research.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov #NCT04578925.

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AffectBreast FeedingSelf EfficacyText MessagingAdultFemaleHumansMaleMothersPostpartum PeriodSocial SupportYoung AdultBreastfeedingBreastfeeding self-efficacyCopingCouplesFathersInterventionMental healthPostpartum depressionPsychosocialSocial supportText-message

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PMID39060974
PMCPMC11282811

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