The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth (Babycare)

The Effect of Baby Care Training Given to Fathers After Birth on Paternal Attachment, Maternal Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Mothers; Fathers
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Training group

Detailed Description

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
• Enrollment (Actual): 64
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Çorum, Turkey, 19600
    • Fatma Yıldırım

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; After the birth of the control group, the "Personal Information Form for Fathers" and "Infant Care Questionnaire" were applied to the fathers as pre-tests in the clinic. After the training, the fathers will be called at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks, and the "Fathers' Participation in Baby Care Chart" will be applied 5 times during 12 weeks. In addition, "Father-Infant Attachment Scale" and "Infant Care Questionnaire" were applied to fathers at 12 weeks as posttests. "Personal Information Form for Mothers" will be filled by mothers in the postpartum clinic, mothers are called at 4th, 8th and 12th weeks and "Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale" and "Postpartum Quality of Life Scale" are applied.
Experimental: Intervention group; 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. After the training, the fathers were called at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks, and the "Paternals' Participation in Baby Care Chart" was applied 5 times during 12 weeks. In addition, the fathers were called at the 12th week and the "Infant Care Questionnaire Form" was applied as a post-test and the "Father-Infant Attachment Scale" was applied. "Personal Information Form for Mothers" was applied to the mothers after the birth in the clinic, and the mothers were called at the 4th, 8th and 12th weeks and the "Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale" and the "Postpartum Quality of Life Scale" were applied.	Other: Training group; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.	5 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.	5 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hitit University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 4, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 28, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): September 27, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): October 20, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 20, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 19, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Hitituniversity

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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