The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth

Mothers Clinical Trial

— Babycare  

Official title:

The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth on Paternal Attachment, Maternal Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05588089
• Other study ID #: Hitituniversity
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 4, 2022
• Est. completion date: September 27, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Hitit University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to provide infant care training to fathers and to measure father-infant attachment and maternal postpartum depression and quality of life.

Description:

Objective: The aim of this study is to provide infant care training to fathers and to measure father-infant attachment and maternal postpartum depression and quality of life.

Design: The data for the study were collected using the introductory information form (IIF) and the father-infant attachment scale (FIAS) for fathers, Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and Postpartum Quality of Life Scale for mothers.

Participants and setting: A total of 64 fathers and 64 mothers, including 32 in the intervention group and 32in the control group who met the inclusion criteria of the study were included randomly.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: September 27, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 28, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The mother and father are over 18 years old,

• Parents becoming parents for the first time,

• The newborn is healthy, born at term, with the mother and father,

• Parents' knowledge of Turkish,

• Mothers who accepted to participate in the study and received baby care training by participating in the pregnant class,

• Parents' willingness to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a baby born as a result of a risky pregnancy,

• The newborn is in intensive care,

• Presence of diagnosed psychiatric disease in the mother and father.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fathers
• Mothers

Intervention

Other:
• Training group
For the experimental group, "Personal Information Form for Fathers" and "Infant Care Questionnaire" were applied to the fathers in the clinic after birth as a pre-test. In the clinic, baby care training was given to fathers practically in 30-35 minutes. After the applied training, the "Baby Care Training Program Content" prepared by the researchers was given to the fathers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Fatma Yildirim	Çorum

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hitit University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale	The scale is a 4-point Likert type and consists of 10 questions. Each question consists of four options and is scored between 0-3. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale was reported as 0 and the highest score as 30.	5 months
Secondary	Postpartum Quality of Life Scale	This 6-point Likert type scale; kinship-family-friend, health, psychological, socioeconomic and spouse subscale consists of a total of 5 subscales and a total of 40 items.	5 months