The Effect of Training and Counseling Based on Mercer Maternal Role Theory on Maternal Attachment and Maternal Function

The Effect of Training and Counseling Based on Mercer's Maternal Role Theory on Maternal Attachment and Maternal Function: A Randomized Controlled Study

Motherhood role gain is the composition of social roles and developmental behaviors and attitudes that continue with the formation of motherhood identity development in the postnatal period that started during pregnancy. In many studies, it is stated that mothers should be prepared to transition to motherhood roles in the prenatal period in order to enable them to develop successful motherhood identity. This study will be carried out to determine the effect of structured birth preparation education on the material attachment status and motherhood function according to the theory of motherhood. The study was planned as a single -blind, post -test parallel group randomized controlled experimental study. The universe of the study will form pregnant women who apply to Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Hospital Birth and Gynecology Polyclinic and Clinic. When the sample of the study was calculated as 95 %confidence interval, 5 %error and 80 %power, a total of 44 cases, 22 for the experimental group and 22 for the control group were found to be suitable for statistical analyzes. In this study, assuming that the loss rates in the literature will be 20 %loss when reference, 28 to the experimental group and 28 to the control group will be included in the initially 56 pregnant studies. The data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form, Postpartum Period Features Information Form, Maternal Binding Scale and Barkin Maternity Function Inventory. Pregnant women in the experimental group will start in the 32nd gestational week and will be given structured training and counseling according to the theory of motherhood. Pregnant women in the control group will take standard care. Number, percentage, average and standard deviation analysis will be used for descriptive statistics. Parametric and nonparametric tests will be applied according to the compliance of the data for the normal distribution of the data in the study pattern in independent groups and recurrent tests. The results will be tested at P <0.05 significance level. In order to collect the data, Ethical Permission was obtained by the Decision No. 2022/024 from the Ethics Committee of KTO Karatay University Pharmaceutical and Medical Research. Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Hospital will be obtained from the institution. Before starting to work, verbal and written permissions will be obtained by reading the voluntary information form to all pregnant women. Maternal attachment inventory and Barkin Motherhood Function Scale Writers were permitted via e-mail.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Maternal-Fetal Relations; Maternal Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: education and counseling based on maternal role theory

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 56
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Konya, Turkey, 42000
    • KTO Karatay University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least primary school graduate,
• Between the ages of 18-35,
• At the 30nd week of pregnancy and above,
• Having a single and healthy fetus,
• Pregnant women who are open to communication and cooperation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a risky pregnancy history (pregnancies under 18 and over 35 years of age, EDT, PROM, Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Epilepsy, GDM)
• Having a treatment pregnancy (mothers who became pregnant with ART),
• Having a chronic disease (DM, HT, Asthma, Epilepsy, Autoimmune diseases, self-report),
• Having a psychiatric illness (based on self-report and clinical diagnosis),
• Foreign nationals,
• Living outside the province of Konya,
• Pregnant women who participated in any childbirth preparation training program

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group; At the beginning of the study, the pregnant women who applied to the obstetrics clinics and met the sample selection criteria will be divided into the experimental and control groups by randomization method by filling out the Personal Information Form. Motherhood Theory-Based Education Program will be applied to the pregnant women who are allocated to the experimental group.	Behavioral: education and counseling based on maternal role theory; Pregnant women in the experimental group will be given training and counseling based on the maternal role theory, starting at 32 weeks of gestation (1 week in total, 2 days a week, 3 sessions every day, 6 sessions in total, 8 hours in total). After the training and counseling program given to the pregnant women in the experimental group according to the motherhood role theory is completed, a training booklet will be prepared so that they can repeat the information they have learned until birth (for improving the motherhood role). It is planned to give the training booklet at the end of the training in order to ensure continuity in the program.
No Intervention: Control Group; First stage: Pregnant women in the control group will receive routine care. Second stage: Data Collection Form for the follow-up and Birth Process and Results will be filled within the first 24 hours after the birth. Third stage: Follow-up will be done by phone within 4 weeks after birth. Maternal Attachment Scale (MBI), Barkin Maternal Function Inventory will be applied. Fourth stage: At the end of the fourth month postpartum, follow-up counseling will be made by telephone and the Maternal Attachment Scale and the Barkin Maternal Function scale will be filled. Fifth stage: When the study is completed, a training booklet will be given to the mothers in the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maternal attachment	Maternal attachment will be assessed with the Maternal Attachment Inventory. As the score obtained from the scale increases, attachment increases.	1-4 mounth
Maternal function	Maternal function will be assessed with the Barkin Maternal Functioning Inventory. As the score obtained from the scale increases, attachment increases.attachment scale. As the score obtained from the scale increases, attachment increases.ores of educational practice based on maternal role theory during pregnancy may change.	1-4 mounth

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University
• Collaborators: KAMİLE ALTUNTUĞ

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 12, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): August 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 21, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 20, 2024
• Last Verified: August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: maternal identity, maternal role, being a mother
• Other Study ID Numbers: Mercer

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