Infant Abdominal Massage on Postnatal Stress Level

The University of Hong Kong160 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this randomized control trial is to find out the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong with babies under 1 year old. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * examine the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong * the relationship between the compliance of the intervention and the change of parental stress level Participants in intervention group will receive a abdominal massage training session and will perform on their baby. Parental stress level will be assess week 0 and four weeks . If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare wait-listed control group to see if there is any change on their parental stress level

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Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

160

Conditions

Parenting Stress

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Parents aged 18 or above. 2. Parents with 0-1 year old full term babies without medical treatment of colic. 3. Able to communicate or read Chinese and have not tried applying infant massage on their babies. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Parents with babies who had abdominal surgery. 2. Currently participating in any other massage related studies.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Parental stress level

is parenting stress which was assessed by the parental stress scale of the Chinese version of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) (4th version) with 3 subscales: Difficult child (DC), Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) Total Score: 36-180 ( Higher score implies higher parental stress level)

Time frame: week 4

Secondary Outcomes

Difficult child

Difficult child (DC) which is one of the subscales of PSI-SF Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)

Time frame: week 4

Parental distress & Parent-child dysfunctional interaction

Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) which are the other two subscales of PSI-SF Each Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)

Time frame: week 4

Difference in parental stress with the presence of partner participation

Difference in total parental stress level (PSI-SF) with the presence of partner participation to join the massage training class

Time frame: week 4

Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention

Time frame: week 4

Infant Abdominal Massage on Postnatal Stress Level

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes