The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth

Hitit University64 enrolled

Overview

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.

Objective: 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. Design: The data for the study were collected using the introductory information form (IIF) and the father-infant attachment scale (FIAS) for fathers, Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and Postpartum Quality of Life Scale for mothers. Participants and setting: A total of 64 fathers and 64 mothers, including 32 in the intervention group and 32in the control group who met the inclusion criteria of the study were included randomly.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mothers Fathers

Interventions

Training groupOTHER

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 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. Exclusion Criteria: * 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.

Locations (1)

Fatma Yıldırım

Çorum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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.

Time frame: 5 months

Secondary Outcomes

Postpartum Quality of Life Scale

This 6-point Likert type scale; kinship-family-friend, health, psychological, socioeconomic and spouse subscale consists of a total of 5 subscales and a total of 40 items.

Time frame: 5 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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