The Effect of Neonatal Care Education Given to Primiparous Mothers in the Last Trimester on Mothers' Self-Efficacy Perception, Prenatal and Maternal Bonding in the Early Postpartum Period

NCT07547579 | Enrolling By Invitation DMC

• 1 other identifier: KAÜ-YMRKTNCİ
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was conducted using a pre-test-post-test randomized controlled experimental design to investigate the effects of neonatal care education given to primiparous mothers in the last trimester on their self-efficacy perception, prenatal and maternal bonding in the early postpartum period. The study population consisted of pregnant women in the last trimester who applied to the Antenatal School of Kars Harakani State Hospital between November 2024 and November 2026. The study sample consisted of a total of 76 pregnant women, divided into an intervention group (n: 38) and a control group (n: 38). Data were collected using the "Personal Information Form", "General Self-Efficacy Scale", "Prenatal Attachment Inventory", and "Maternal Attachment Scale". The intervention group received training on newborn care. In the first phase of the study, a pre-test was administered to both the intervention and control groups. Following the pre-test, Newborn Care Training was conducted face-to-face with pregnant women in the experimental group in two 20-minute sessions, totaling 40 minutes, after which the pregnant women were given an educational booklet. After this training session, reinforcement training was conducted twice by telephone at one-week intervals, and their questions were answered. After the pre-test, at 36 weeks of gestation, both the intervention and control groups were contacted by telephone and the "General Self-Efficacy Scale" and "Prenatal Attachment Inventory" were administered as post-tests. Six weeks after delivery, the maternal attachment scale was administered to both the intervention and control groups.

Conditions

Primiparous Pregnant Women in the Last Trimester

Keywords

PREGNANCY, NEWBORN, PRENATAL, MATERNAL, SELF-EFFICACY

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• General Self-Efficacy

  Changes in maternal self-efficacy levels measured using the General Self-Efficacy Scale during the early postpartum period.

  (between 24 and 41 weeks of pregnancy)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Prenatal Attachment

  (between 24 and 41 weeks of pregnancy)

• Maternal Attachment

  6th week after birth

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group Intervention Type: Behavioral Name: Newborn Care Education Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Primiparous women in their third trimester assigned to the intervention group will receive a structured newborn care education program in addition to completing the study questionnaires.

Behavioral: Newborn Care Education

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Primiparous women assigned to the control group will receive routine prenatal care and will complete the study questionnaires only.

Interventions

Newborn Care Education BEHAVIORAL

The newborn care education program includes information on breastfeeding, infant hygiene, umbilical cord care, infant safety, and basic newborn care practices. The education is provided during the third trimester of pregnancy. Allocation / Randomization Allocation: Randomized Randomization Description: Participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or the control group using a computer-generated randomization sequence with a 1:1 allocation ratio. Masking (Blinding) Masking: None (Open Label) Masking Description (opsiyonel): This is an open-label study. Participants and investigators are aware of group assignment.

Intervention Group Intervention Type: Behavioral Name: Newborn Care Education Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: The study includes pregnant women; therefore, women were included in the study groups.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Being over 18 and under 35 years of age, Being in the last trimester of pregnancy (28-32 weeks of gestation) Having no communication barriers and being literate Single pregnancy Spontaneous conception Having applied to the Kars Harakani State Hospital Pregnancy School Agreeing to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Chronic illness, High-risk pregnancy, Having a psychological disorder, Having applied to a Pregnancy School other than Harakani State Hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kafkas University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kafkas Üniversitesi

Kars, Merkez, 36100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: this an open-label study. Due to the nature of the educational intervention, neither the participants nor the investigators are blinded to group allocation.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Student

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned to an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group will receive the behavioral/educational interventional in addition to completing questionnaires, while the control group will complete questionnaires only.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2026
• First Posted: April 23, 2026
• Study Start: April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Last Updated: April 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)