Newborn Basic Care Training on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Baby Attachment

Çankırı Karatekin University73 enrolled

Overview

This study is planned to be carried out in a pre-test-post-test (first and fourth months) randomized controlled experimental design with the aim of determining the "Effect of Newborn Basic Care Training Given to Fathers with Different Methods on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Infant Attachment". In addition, the training provided aims to prevent malpractices in newborn care and to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality rates and gender-based inequalities.

This study will be conducted in a prospective pre-test-post-test- (first and fourth months), three-arm (1:1:1), randomized controlled experimental design.The sample size of the study was calculated based on a 3-group study on father-infant attachment. Thus, it was planned to conduct research with 73 fathers in total (24 fathers in the web-based group, 24 in the face-to-face group, and 25 in the control group).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Newborn Basic Care Training

Interventions

Newborn Basic Care TrainingOTHER

These talented fathers will be given both face-to-face practical training and the industrial web-based training type of information technologies will be used. In this way, the positive developments provided by the two trainings will be abandoned and the understandability and usefulness of the training from the people's perspective will be increased. A website suitable for mobile phones will be designed by transferring digital materials. With this website, fathers will be able to access information about basic care via phone whenever and wherever they want. Thus, in a short time, without human resources and time, all the fathers in need throughout the country will reach the capacity to obtain appropriate information.

Eligibility

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

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria Eligible participants were fathers who met the following criteria: (1) their spouse had given birth for the first time, (2) they were aged 18 to 50 years, (3) they consented to participate in the study and signed an informed consent form, (4) their infant was in the neonatal period, (5) they had access to a mobile phone with internet connectivity and were able to operate it, (6) they were able to read and understand xxx, (7) they had a stable living environment, (8) their child and spouse were in good health, and (9) they had no communication or visual impairments. Exclusion Criteria: Fathers who participated in the study but withdrew at any point, whose child or spouse experienced health complications after childbirth, or who failed to access the website within one month or engage with the educational materials, were excluded from the study.

Locations (1)

Çankırı Karatekin University

Çankırı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Fathers' Self-Efficacy Scale for Newborn Care

This scale, developed by researchers, consists of 3 sub-dimensions (Hygiene, Safety and Nutrition). The hygiene sub-dimension consists of 10 items, the security sub-dimension consists of 4 items, and the nutrition sub-dimension consists of 3 items, making a total of 17 items. Each item of the scale is scored from 1 to 5, and the lowest score obtained from the scale is 17 and the highest score is 85. A high score means that the father's self-efficacy in basic newborn care is high.

Time frame: Change from within the first 24 hours of postpartum, after Newborn basic care training is completed (first month and fourth months) after Newborn basic care training is completed

Postnatal Paternal-Infant Attachment Scale

The Postnatal Paternal-infant attachment scale is a scale developed by Condon et al. (2008) to evaluate postnatal paternal-infant attachment after birth (Condon et al., 2008). This scale was adapted to Turkish society by Güleç and Kavlak (2013) and its validity and reliability were tested. The scale consists of 3 sub-dimensions and 19 items. Each item of the scale is scored from 1 to 5, and the lowest score obtained from the scale is 19 and the highest score is 95. A high score means that attachment is high.

Time frame: Change from within the first 24 hours of postpartum, after Newborn basic care training is completed (first month and fourth months) after Newborn basic care training is completed

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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