Infant Abdominal Massage on Postnatal Stress Level

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Infant Abdominal Massage on Postnatal Stress Level Among Chinese Parents in Hong Kong

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05650424
• Other study ID #: HKUCTR-3008
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized control trial is to find out the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong with babies under 1 year old. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• examine the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong

• the relationship between the compliance of the intervention and the change of parental stress level Participants in intervention group will receive a abdominal massage training session and will perform on their baby. Parental stress level will be assess week 0 and four weeks .

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare wait-listed control group to see if there is any change on their parental stress level

Description:

same as above

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parents aged 18 or above.

2. Parents with 0-1 year old full term babies without medical treatment of colic.

3. Able to communicate or read Chinese and have not tried applying infant massage on their babies.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Parents with babies who had abdominal surgery.

2. Currently participating in any other massage related studies.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parenting
• Stress

Intervention

Other:
• Abdominal massage training
please refer to group description

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Parental stress level	is parenting stress which was assessed by the parental stress scale of the Chinese version of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) (4th version) with 3 subscales: Difficult child (DC), Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI); Total Score: 36-180 ( Higher score implies higher parental stress level)	week 4
Secondary	Difficult child	Difficult child (DC) which is one of the subscales of PSI-SF; Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)	week 4
Secondary	Parental distress & Parent-child dysfunctional interaction	Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) which are the other two subscales of PSI-SF; Each Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)	week 4
Secondary	Difference in parental stress with the presence of partner participation	Difference in total parental stress level (PSI-SF) with the presence of partner participation to join the massage training class	week 4
Secondary	Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention	Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention	week 4