Could respectful care after birth boost breastfeeding and mental health?
NCT ID NCT07280000
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test whether training nurses and midwives in respectful maternity care and using a structured action plan can improve outcomes for mothers and newborns after birth. Researchers will compare women who receive standard care with those who receive care after the training. The goal is to see if this approach leads to better experiences, higher breastfeeding rates, and improved mental health for new mothers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Respectful Maternity Care Training and Action Plan
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to improve postpartum care quality, maternal satisfaction, and breastfeeding rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage, single-site study comparing groups before and after training, so results may not apply elsewhere. The intervention is behavioral, so effects may be modest or hard to sustain.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 49 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women aged 18 years and older * Gave birth at 37-42 gestational weeks (vaginal or cesarean) * Have a single, healthy newborn * No chronic medical conditions * No history of high-risk pregnancy or fetal complications * No communication barriers (e.g., visual or hearing impairment) * Able to speak and understand Turkish * Literate and able to read and write in Turkish Exclusion Criteria: * Development of maternal or neonatal complications during the postpartum follow-up period * Inability to reach the mother at the 8-week postpartum follow-up
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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