This study will invite healthy women with singleton pregnancies and normal 20 week ultrasounds to participate in the study that will involve completing a demographic questionnaire and measure of attachment, a 3D ultrasound, being randomized to receive a 3D printed model of the fetal face or not, and completing the attachment measure again.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
96
Same as previously reported in arm descriptions
nothing other than the ultrasound
Creighton Univeristy
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS)
The MAAS is a 19 item questionnaire measuring maternal-fetal attachment. Each item has five answer choices scored from 1 low attachment to 5 high attachment such that the total score ranges from 19 to 95. The measure also includes two subscales: (1) Quality of Attachment has 10 items with a range of 10-50 and measures the quality of the mother's attachment to her fetus. (2) Time measures the time spent in attachment mode (or intensity of preoccupation) and consists of 8 items for a range of 8 to 40. (for clarity one item included in the total score is not included in either subscale.)
Time frame: 5 minutes
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