The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth

NCT ID: NCT05588089

Last Updated: 2024-05-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 64 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-02-04
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-27

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Mothers; Fathers

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control group

After the birth of the control group, the "Personal Information Form for Fathers" and "Infant Care Questionnaire" were applied to the fathers as pre-tests in the clinic. After the training, the fathers will be called at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks, and the "Fathers' Participation in Baby Care Chart" will be applied 5 times during 12 weeks. In addition, "Father-Infant Attachment Scale" and "Infant Care Questionnaire" were applied to fathers at 12 weeks as posttests.

"Personal Information Form for Mothers" will be filled by mothers in the postpartum clinic, mothers are called at 4th, 8th and 12th weeks and "Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale" and "Postpartum Quality of Life Scale" are applied.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention 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. After the training, the fathers were called at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks, and the "Paternals' Participation in Baby Care Chart" was applied 5 times during 12 weeks. In addition, the fathers were called at the 12th week and the "Infant Care Questionnaire Form" was applied as a post-test and the "Father-Infant Attachment Scale" was applied.

"Personal Information Form for Mothers" was applied to the mothers after the birth in the clinic, and the mothers were called at the 4th, 8th and 12th weeks and the "Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale" and the "Postpartum Quality of Life Scale" were applied.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Training group

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hitit University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Fatma Yildirim

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Fatma Yıldırım

Çorum, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Yildirim F, Sahin E. Does father involvement affect attachment and maternal depression and quality of life?: a randomized controlled trial. Fam Pract. 2025 Apr 12;42(3):cmaf024. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf024.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40317211 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Hitituniversity

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id