The Effect of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program on Awareness Levels and Child Abuse Potential of Pregnant Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child Abuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program

• Registration Number: NCT05915416
• Lead Sponsor: Koç University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program (CANPP) based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) on the awareness levels and child abuse potential of pregnant women. This randomized controlled study was conducted between July and December 2022 in a family health center of Aydin/Turkey with the participation a total of 30 pregnant women, who were then distributed into two groups as 15 experiment group and 15 control group pregnant women.The participants in the experiment group were applied SCT-based CANPP whereas no intervention was applied to the control group. Research data were collected before the intervention, one month after the intervention, and three months after the intervention using the Pregnant Data Collection Form, Child Neglect and Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents (CNAASP) and Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI). Chi-Square and Fisher exact tests, independent groups t-test and repeated measures ANOVA test were used in the statistical analysis of the research data.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-01
• Study Completion: 2022-12-01
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-21
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women who agree to participate in the study
• are 18 years of age or older
• who can read and understand Turkish
• who have either a smart phone or a computer
• are between 28+0 and 33+0 weeks of pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women with high risk pregnancy
• who have visual or auditory problems
• who have been diagnosed with mental disorders.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experiment Group	Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program	The participants in the experiment group were first administered the pre-test and then CANPP. A Child abuse and neglect Training Booklet was sent to the participants after the pre-test and before the program. Trainings within the scope of CANPP were provided over the Google Meet application in four sessions. A link was sent to the pregnant women via WhatsApp just before the specified training hours so that they could participate in the online training which is carried out individually.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Neglect and Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents	three months after the intervention	Child Neglect and Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents is a 5-point Likert-type scale (1-strongly disagree, 2-disagree, 3-undecided, 4-agree, 5-strongly agree) and consisting of 45 items in total. The scale has 5 sub-dimensions namely General Information (12 items), Physical Abuse (6 items), Emotional Abuse (15 items), Sexual Abuse (8 items), Neglect (4 items). By adding all sub-dimensions, the Child Neglect and Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents total score is calculated. The higher this total score, the higher the awareness of child abuse and neglect.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Abuse Potential Inventory	three month after the intervention	Child Abuse Potential Inventory used in this study was first developed in 1979 to determine the child abuse potential of adults towards children. Main scale of Child Abuse Potential Inventory is the "abuse scale" (77 items) which measures the child abuse potential of the respondent. Remaining 6 scales (Stress scale, Unhappiness scale, Problems Related to Child and Self scale, Family-Related Problems and Problems Related to Others Scale measure factors related to abuse. Three scales, namely Lie Scale, Random Response Scale and Inconsistency Scale were designed to assess the validity of responses. This study is based on the Child Abuse Potential Inventory 'Abuse Scale'. The cut-off point for abuse scale is 215, but above 166 is considered dangerous. High scores in abuse scale indicate that the respondent has a high potential for child abuse.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Koç University; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey