Program to Increase Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care
- Conditions
- Randomised Controlled TrialPublic Health NursingChild Health
- Registration Number
- NCT06969248
- Lead Sponsor
- Selcuk University
- Brief Summary
Fathers participating in the study will be given an 8-week formality intervention. Participants will be shown 4-week infant care training records and then 4-week videos prepared on educational topics. The effect of the intervention will be determined annually by the mean scores of the Fathers' Participation in Infant Care Questionnaire, Father Infant Attachment Scale, and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale.
- Detailed Description
The study will be conducted in a Family Health Center in Turkey, selected by random lottery. Fathers who are registered in a family health center and have babies aged 4-12 months and fathers who have children for the first time will be included in the study. The type of the study is planned as randomized controlled pre-test post-test, parallel group experimental type. A total of 80 fathers will be included in the study, 40 in each group, according to the calculation made with Gpower analysis. Participants will be randomly assigned to groups. Nursing interventions will last for 8 weeks and participants will be given training and watched videos during this process.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Not provided
- Being under 18 years old,
- Having a psychiatric diagnosis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care Questionnaire 8 week Father Infant Attachment Scale 8 week Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale 8 week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Selcuk University
🇹🇷Konya, Turkey