Attachment-Based, Attachment, Prenatal

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attachment Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Attachment-Based Intervention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05723887

2020/605

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled study was conducted in the pregnant outpatient clinics of a public hospital in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 154 pregnant women (77 experiments, 77 controls). An attachment-based intervention program (ABIP) was applied to pregnant women in the experimental group. The ABIP included five interventions; (1) Perceiving/counting fetal movements, (2) Music therapy, (3) Preparation for the baby, (4) Writing notes/letters to the baby, and (5) Watching images of the fetus/pregnancy.

Full description

This study aimed to determine the effect of attachment-based intervention program on attachment, prenatal expectation and stress level in pregnant women. This randomized controlled study was conducted in the pregnant outpatient clinics of a public hospital in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 154 pregnant women (77 experiments, 77 controls). An attachment-based intervention program (ABIP) was applied to pregnant women in the experimental group. The ABIP included five interventions; (1) Perceiving/counting fetal movements, (2) Music therapy, (3) Preparation for the baby, (4) Writing notes/letters to the baby, and (5) Watching images of the fetus/pregnancy. The program was completed in a total of 5 days, one session per day.

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Communicating,

• Over the age of 18, and maimum age 40
• Pregnancy week between 24-40 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women with psychological diagnosis according to records

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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154 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental (ABIP group)

Experimental group

Description:

The ABIP was created by the researchers in line with the literature and consisted of interventions that affect and increase prenatal attachment Gölbaşı et al., 2015; Güney \& including perceiving /counting fetal movements, music therapy, preparation for the baby, writing notes/letters to the baby, watching images of the fetus/pregnancy. The program was completed in a total of five days, with one intervention per day. An ABIP kit, which contained the materials to be used by pregnant women during ABIP interventions, was provided to them by the researchers at the first meeting. ABIP intervention materials were included in the ABIP kit, using five different colored envelopes (Appendix 1). Pregnant women were also informed about the interventions and materials of ABIP by the researchers at the first meeting.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attachment-Based Intervention Program

control groups

No Intervention group

Description:

No Intervention: Control group standard care group