Infant Abdominal Massage on Postnatal Stress Level

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parenting; Stress
• Interventions: Other: Abdominal massage training

• Registration Number: NCT05650424
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief 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

Detailed Description

same as above

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-31
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study Completion: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Wait-listed Control	Abdominal massage training	wait-listed control group will be put on wait list and receive abdominal massage class training on week 4 (posttest)
Intervention (Receive abdominal massage training)	Abdominal massage training	Intervention group will receive abdominal massage training class and they will perform abdominal massage on their baby for 4 week. Parental stress level will be assessed on week 0 and week 4

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental stress level	week 4	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)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difficult child	week 4	Difficult child (DC) which is one of the subscales of PSI-SF; Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)
Parental distress & Parent-child dysfunctional interaction	week 4	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)
Difference in parental stress with the presence of partner participation	week 4	Difference in total parental stress level (PSI-SF) with the presence of partner participation to join the massage training class
Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention	week 4	Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong