The Effect of Fathers' Birth Experience on Paternal Attachment and Parenting Perception: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect Of Fathers' Bırth Experıence On Paternal Attachment And Parentıng Perceptıon: A Randomızed Controlled Study

In recent years, fathers have become increasingly involved in research, but research on fathers still lags behind research on mothers. During the transition to parenthood, a complex network of relationships emerges between father, mother and baby. During the process of becoming parents, mothers and fathers begin to bond with their unborn children. The prenatal period is hypothesized to be predictive of later postnatal attachment and perception of parenting. Paternal involvement at birth is associated with positive child health outcomes and parental well-being.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Birth, First
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: accompany the birth

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34320
    • Betül Uncu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spouses of primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• women without husbands

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: experimental group; Fathers will accompany their husbands during the birth process	Other: accompany the birth; Fathers will accompany their husbands during the birth process
No Intervention: Control group; routine maintenance

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The father-baby bonding of fathers who accompany their spouses in the delivery room is higher than fathers who do not accompany their spouses in the delivery room.	Primiparous pregnant women who had spontaneous pregnancies and were admitted to the delivery room for normal labor were included in the study. In determining the groups, participants were assigned to the Fathers Who Accompany the Birth (G1) and Fathers Who Did Not Accompany the Birth (G2) groups using web-based randomization (Randomizer.org). Pregnant women and their spouses in both groups who volunteered to participate in the study had the "Information Form" filled in after admission to the delivery room, and fathers filled out PAAQ and SPPRS. Two weeks after birth, the mother and father were contacted. PPAQ and SPPRS data were obtained from fathers and EPDS data were obtained from mothers. Information Form (IF), Paternal Antenatal Attachment Questionnaire (PAAQ), Self-Perception of Parental Role Scale (SPPRS), Postnatal Paternal-İnfant Attachment Questionnaire (PPAQ) Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)	15 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 2, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 28, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 24, 2024
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022/285

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