The Effect of Education Given to Primiparous Pregnant Women on Parental Self-Efficacy and Mother-Infant Attachment

This research will be carried out in a quasi-experimental design to determine the effect of maternity care and neonatal care training given to primiparous pregnant women on parental self-efficacy and mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period.

Research Hypotheses:

H0: There is no difference in parental self-efficacy and mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period between pregnant women who received training during pregnancy and did not.

H1: There is a difference in parental self-efficacy and mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period between pregnant women who received and did not receive education during pregnancy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pregnant Women
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Education Group

Detailed Description

The number of people to be included in the study was made with the power analysis made considering the previous studies. With the G * Power (3.1.9.7.) Program, the number of samples for each group was determined as n = 34 at 80% power, 5% error and 95% confidence interval. Considering the losses in data collection, 20% was added to each group and it was decided to recruit a total of 80 people, 40 people for the experimental group and 40 people for the control group.

Pregnant women included in the research sample will be divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. Data will be collected by sending via an online questionnaire created by the researchers. Before the online questionnaire is sent to the experimental and control groups, the experimental-control days will be determined randomly by a lottery drawn by a third person (blinding). Pregnant women who agree to participate in the study will be assigned to the experimental and control groups according to the determined days.

The data obtained in the study will be analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 22.0 program. Significance value will be considered as p <0.05.

Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation will be used as descriptive statistical methods in the evaluation of data. Pearson correlation and regression analysis will be applied among the continuous variables of the study. The t-test will be used to compare the quantitative continuous data between two independent groups, and the One-way Anova test will be used to compare the quantitative continuous data between more than two independent groups. After the Anova test, the Scheffe test will be used as a complementary post-hoc analysis to determine the differences.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul
    • Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
      • Beykent University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being at 36-40 weeks of gestation
• Being her first pregnancy
• Being literate
• Being over the age of 18

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not in the 36-40 gestational week
• Not a first pregnancy
• Illiterate
• Under 18 years old

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; Experimental group; It is the group that will be given mother and neonatal care education.	Behavioral: Education Group; Mother care, newborn care and breastfeeding education will be provided to pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
No Intervention: Control Group; Control group; It is the group in which no intervention will be made other than data collection.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Parental self-efficacy in postpartum period of pregnant women who received education during pregnancy	Parental Self-Efficacy Scale will be used in the evaluation. It is a scale developed to determine the personal beliefs of new parents about their competencies in their roles.	Mothers will be evaluated within 30-40 days after birth.
Mother-Infant attachment in postpartum period of pregnant women who received education during pregnancy	Maternal Attachment Scale will be used in evaluation. It was developed to measure the mother's love and attachment to her baby. Higher scores on the scale indicate higher maternal attachment.	Mothers will be evaluated within 30-40 days after birth.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Beykent
• Collaborators: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Cisem Bastarcan, MsC, Research assistant

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 12, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 18, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 24, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 13, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 12, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Pregnancy; Mother-Infant Attachment; Parental Self-Efficacy; Education Pregnant
• Other Study ID Numbers: CBastarcan

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No