The Effect of Fathers' Birth Experience on Paternal Attachment and Parenting Perception: Randomized Controlled Trial

Birth, First Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect Of Fathers' Bırth Experıence On Paternal Attachment And Parentıng Perceptıon: A Randomızed Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06062667
• Other study ID #: 2022/285
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In recent years, fathers have become increasingly involved in research, but research on fathers still lags behind research on mothers. During the transition to parenthood, a complex network of relationships emerges between father, mother and baby. During the process of becoming parents, mothers and fathers begin to bond with their unborn children. The prenatal period is hypothesized to be predictive of later postnatal attachment and perception of parenting. Paternal involvement at birth is associated with positive child health outcomes and parental well-being.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spouses of primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• women without husbands

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Birth, First

Intervention

Other:
• accompany the birth
Fathers will accompany their husbands during the birth process

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Betül Uncu	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The father-baby bonding of fathers who accompany their spouses in the delivery room is higher than fathers who do not accompany their spouses in the delivery room.	Primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study. In determining the groups, participants were assigned to the Fathers Who Accompany the Birth (G1) and Fathers Who Did Not Accompany the Birth (G2) groups using web-based randomization (Randomizer.org). Pregnant women and their spouses in both groups who volunteered to participate in the study had the "Information Form" filled in after admission to the delivery room, and fathers filled out PAAQ and SPPRS. Two weeks after birth, the mother and father were contacted. PPAQ and SPPRS data were obtained from fathers and EPDS data were obtained from mothers.; Information Form (IF), Paternal Antenatal Attachment Questionnaire (PAAQ), Self-Perception of Parental Role Scale (SPPRS), Postnatal Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire (PPAQ) Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)	15 days