The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth

NCT05588089 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Hitituniversity
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Mothers; Fathers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale

  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.

  5 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Postpartum Quality of Life Scale

  5 months

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

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.

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Training group

Interventions

Training group 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.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hitit University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Fatma Yıldırım

Çorum, 19600, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• 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.

  PMID: 40317211 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Sensitivity Training Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Psychotherapy, Group; Socioenvironmental Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: The study is of a semi-separate type and all women can be trained.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2022
• First Posted: October 20, 2022
• Study Start: February 4, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 28, 2022
• Study Completion: September 27, 2022
• Last Updated: May 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)