The Effect of Fathers' Birth Experience on Paternal Attachment and Parenting Perception: Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT06062667 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022/285
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In recent years, fathers have become increasingly involved in research, but research on fathers still lags behind research on mothers. During the transition to parenthood, a complex network of relationships emerges between father, mother and baby. During the process of becoming parents, mothers and fathers begin to bond with their unborn children. The prenatal period is hypothesized to be predictive of later postnatal attachment and perception of parenting. Paternal involvement at birth is associated with positive child health outcomes and parental well-being.

Conditions

Birth, First

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The father-baby bonding of fathers who accompany their spouses in the delivery room is higher than fathers who do not accompany their spouses in the delivery room.

  Primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study. In determining the groups, participants were assigned to the Fathers Who Accompany the Birth (G1) and Fathers Who Did Not Accompany the Birth (G2) groups using web-based randomization (Randomizer.org). Pregnant women and their spouses in both groups who volunteered to participate in the study had the "Information Form" filled in after admission to the delivery room, and fathers filled out PAAQ and SPPRS. Two weeks after birth, the mother and father were contacted. PPAQ and SPPRS data were obtained from fathers and EPDS data were obtained from mothers. Information Form (IF), Paternal Antenatal Attachment Questionnaire (PAAQ), Self-Perception of Parental Role Scale (SPPRS), Postnatal Paternal-İnfant Attachment Questionnaire (PPAQ) Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

  15 days

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Fathers will accompany their husbands during the birth process

Other: accompany the birth

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

routine maintenance

Interventions

accompany the birth OTHER

Fathers will accompany their husbands during the birth process

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Gender Eligibility Details: Father
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Spouses of primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• women without husbands

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa: lead

Study Sites (1)

Betül Uncu

Istanbul, 34320, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2023
• First Posted: October 2, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2023
• Study Completion: October 1, 2023
• Last Updated: October 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)