Clinical trials: Maternal Behavior
Contraception, Contraception Behavior
SihatMand Khandaan Healthy Families for Pakistan
The SMK project's primary goal is to improve the status of SRH of women and adolescents within those targeted areas which feature inadequate progress on existing SRH indicators.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Contraception Behavior, Reproductive Behavior, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- SMK (NCT06125470)
- Testing
- Uptake of quality Reproductive health and Family planning products, information and Services, Capacity building of facility based and community based healthcare providers (public and private sector) on FP /SRH, Adolescent Engagement
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 236,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Maternal Behavior, Infant Behavior
Infant-Directed Singing for At-Risk Mothers and Infants
The purpose of this study is to figure out if mothers can learn how to use singing to help their babies. Singing can help babies calm down or encourage them to play, both of which are needed for learning.
- Trial name
- NCT05483153
- Testing
- Infant-Directed Singing Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Breast Feeding, Breast Milk Expression
A Cohort Study on Milk Composition, Health Outcomes, and Feeding Practices of Chinese Mothers and Infants
This is a cohort study to understand the changes of breastmilk composition in the first six months after birth of Chinese infants.
- Trial name
- Phoenix (NCT05235412)
- Testing
- Not applicable: Observational study without any interventions.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 769 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danone Nutricia
Breastfeeding After Discharge From Hospital Following Childbirth, Yes/no, Depression Scale Score
Prenatal Depression and Failure to Breastfeed
The purpose of this prospective cohort study is to search for a relationship between maternal depression in the third trimester, as indicated by a score of > 12 on the EPDS, and a choice not to breastfeed at all, defined as no…
- Trial name
- NCT01252602
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Preterm Birth, Injuries
Nurse-Family Partnership Impact Evaluation in South Carolina
This study evaluates the effects of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), an established home-visiting program, using a scientifically rigorous individual-level randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Injuries, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NFP (NCT03360539)
- Testing
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,670 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Vitamin D Deficiency
Maternal Vit D Supplements & Infant and Maternal Biomarkers & Outcomes in Southern Ethiopia
Synthesis of vitamin D in the skin through the action of sunlight is a major source of vitamin D in parts of the world where foods are not fortified with the vitamin.
- Trial name
- NCT02210884
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Adolescent Behavior
Drug Use Prevention Among Girls Through a Mother-Daughter Intervention
This study will develop and test drug use prevention strategies for low-income, minority girls. Gender-specific substance use rates, risk and protective factors, and health outcomes highlight the need for interventions aimed at…
- Trial name
- NCT00310258
- Testing
- Drug use prevention intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Maternal Cytomegalovirus Infections, Cytomegalovirus Congenital
Prenatal Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Maternal Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Pregnancy
This study will evaluate whether a brief prenatal clinic-based cytomegalovirus (CMV) risk-reduction behavioral intervention will prevent maternal CMV infections during pregnancy in women.
- Trial name
- NCT04615715
- Testing
- CMV Risk-Reduction Intervention, Stress Reduction Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 582 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mother Fetus Relations, Health Behavior
Examining the Effect of Breastfeeding Education Given to Mothers Based on Postpartum Awareness Practices on Breast Milk and Cortisol Hormone at the Newborn Circadian Level
In addition to being an easily accessible and ready-made food for babies in the first years of life, breast milk plays a major role in transmitting information about the time of day to newborn babies and therefore in the…
- Trial name
- NCT06240676
- Testing
- AWARENESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kafkas University
Breastfeeding, Quality of Life
The Effectiveness of Proactive Telephone Support Provided to Breastfeeding Mothers of Preterm Infants
Although breast milk has numerous benefits for infants' development, with heightened effects in those born preterm (at < 37 gestational weeks), mothers of preterm infants have shorter breastfeeding duration than mothers of term…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Quality of Life, Parental Stress, Attachment
- Trial name
- NCT01806480
- Testing
- Person-centred proactive breastfeeding telephone support
- Where
- 6 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 493 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Depression, Postpartum, Maternal Behavior
The Effect of Baby Massage on Postpartum Depression and Maternal Attachment
This study was conducted to determine the effect of baby massage on postpartum depression and maternal attachment in the postpartum period.
- Conditions
- Depression, Postpartum, Maternal Behavior, Attachment
- Trial name
- NCT05813782
- Testing
- Baby Massage
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Maternal Death, Maternal Complication of Pregnancy
Assessing the Maternal Outcome Monitoring Systems
Pregnancy-related death is a growing public health issues, which are of particular concern to minority groups, including African-Americans and Spanish-speaking Latinas.
- Trial name
- MOMS (NCT06415942)
- Testing
- Maternal Outcome Monitoring and Support system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Breastfeeding, Engorgement of Breast Associated With Childbirth, Postpartum
The Effect of Oketani Massage on Breastfeeding Success and Breast Engorgement in Mothers Delivering by Cesarean Section
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of octani massage on breastfeeding success and breast engorgement in mothers who gave birth by cesarean section.
- Trial name
- NCT05903846
- Testing
- Oketani massage
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Agri Ibrahim Cecen University
Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders
Acute Maternal and Fetal Effects of Exercise in Pregnancy
This will be an open randomized clinical trial involving pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks randomized to two modalities of exercise: treadmill or stationary bike.
- Conditions
- Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders, Hypoglycemia, Lactate
- Trial name
- EXPREG (NCT01383889)
- Testing
- Physical exercise
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Effects Psychophysiology Study
The purpose of the study is to understand the biology and behavior of early mother-infant attachment, and to investigate how it may be affected by prenatal substance exposures.
- Trial name
- PEEPS (NCT01134770)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Maternal Burnout, Postpartum Fatigue
Effects of Warm Shower on Lactation, Fatigue, and Maternal Burnout
Lactation is a physiological process in which various hormones, especially prolactin and oxytocin, play a role. Methods such as warm showers are preferred because they are easy to apply and have a quick effect, as well as being…
- Conditions
- Maternal Burnout, Postpartum Fatigue, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- WARM-SHOWER (NCT07694856)
- Testing
- Warm Shower
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KTO Karatay University
Video-Based Breastfeeding Education, Infant Feeding Attitudes
Evaluation of the Effect of Video-Based Breastfeeding Education Provided to Mothers Who Delivered by Cesarean Section and Vaginal Birth on Infant Feeding Attitudes
The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to evaluate the effect of video-based breastfeeding education on infant feeding attitudes among primiparous mothers who delivered by cesarean section or vaginal birth.
- Trial name
- ViBE-IFA (NCT07728045)
- Testing
- Video-Based Breastfeeding Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Conventional Clear Bottle, Opaque Weighted Bottle
Influence of Bottle-Type on Infant Feeding Behaviors
The objective of the proposed research is to conduct a within-subject, experimental study that will describe mothers' feeding practices during typical bottle-feeding conditions and will examine whether removal of visual cues…
- Trial name
- OBS (NCT02111694)
- Testing
- Bottle Type
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Induced; Birth, Labor Long
Stimulation Therapy for Inducing Mothers
This is a pilot feasibility and acceptability study of a randomized clinical trial of pregnant women at 36 weeks of gestation and greater randomized to one of two arms at Yale New Haven Hospital: (1) Breast stimulation by hand or…
- Conditions
- Induced; Birth, Labor Long, Labor Pain, Breast Pumping
- Trial name
- STIM (NCT04756089)
- Testing
- Electronic breast pump, Exogenous oxytocin intravenous infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Dietary Habits, Dietary Supplements
A Study of a Dietary Supplement in Breastfeeding Mothers (WellFed)
This is a randomized placebo-controlled study that aims to investigate the effect of a new maternal dietary supplement (protein hydrolysate/yeast beta-glucan combination) on mother and infant health.
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Dietary Supplements, Maternal Health, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- NCT05924633
- Testing
- Supplement containing a protein hydrolysate + beta glucan (Wellmune®)
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin