The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fathers; Mothers
• Interventions: Other: Training group

• Registration Number: NCT05588089
• Lead Sponsor: Hitit University

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-28
• Study Completion: 2022-09-27
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-20
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	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. 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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale	5 months	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postpartum Quality of Life Scale	5 months	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fatma Yıldırım; 🇹🇷 Çorum, Turkey