Effect of Oxytocin Massage and Music on Breastfeeding

What Was Tested

In this not phased trial, researchers set out to test Oxytocin.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of oxytocin massage and music performed immediately after birth on breastfeeding.

It had three arms (groups): Oxytocin massage (active comparator), music therapy (active comparator) and control group (no intervention).

The registry classes the interventions as other.

Who Took Part

120 actual participants took part.

It was open to women only aged from 20 years with no upper age limit.

Healthy volunteers could join, not only people with the condition.

Examples of who could join: Mothers who are 20 years or older,. Single fetus pregnancy,. Born at term (38-42 weeks of gestation),. Your baby's Apgar score is at least 8 points in the 5th minute,. Interviewed on the first day after birth,.

The full record lists 16 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria; among the exclusions: absence from education for at least two sessions,; women with a known disease (hiv, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, etc.) known to be transmitted through breast milk will be excluded from the study.

How the Study Was Run

It was run as a randomized, parallel-group and single-blind study.

Because people in this Oxytocin study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.

The Oxytocin group and the comparison group ran side by side rather than switching.

In this single-blind Oxytocin study one party knew the assignments and the other did not.

Those kept unaware of assignments: participant.

It started in 2021-11-01 with completion listed for 2022-05-01.

It ran at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Its stated primary purpose is other.

What Was Measured

Researchers chose this as the main measure: Breastfeeding Diagnostic and Evaluation Scale (time frame: 1 month). Infant Nutrition Attitude Scale (time frame: 1 month).

What This Means in Plain Language

Put simply, this is a not phased, randomized trial of Oxytocin in 120 people.

The trial is marked completed; no results are posted to the registry yet, so nothing here describes outcomes.

More context: the Oxytocin compound page, all human trials.