Effects of Type of Delivery Mode and Gestational Age on Maternal Bonding

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postpartum Anxiety; Mother-Infant Interaction; Postnatal Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Maternal Attachment Inventory Score

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04396509

mai-nsd-c/s

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effects of gestational age and other factors on maternal attachment relationship. There are different results in studies examining the effects of birth type on postpartum depression and mother-infant interaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors which affected mother-infant bond (MIB) using maternal attachment inventory (MAI).

Full description

The Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) measure maternal love attachment (9). Muller tested the MAI questions in two phases; maternal adaptation and maternal attachmentEach item is evaluated by a 4-way to 26-point Likert-type scale ranging from "always" to "never". Always is calculated as (a) = 4 points, often (b) = 3 points, sometimes (c) = 2 points and never (d) = 1 point. The lowest score which could be obtained from the scale that measures maternal emotions and behaviors indicating love is 26, the high score is 104, and a high score indicates a high maternal attachment (12).

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• natural pregnancy (without any Assisted reproductive technology (ART) method)
• aged 18 to 45 years
• no adverse obstetric history

Exclusion criteria

• psychiatric diagnosis
• history of psychiatric drug use
• postpartum blues
• known complications during pregnancy

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

women giving birth by normal vaginal delivery

Description:

100 women delivered vaginally. . They were examined three month after delivery using Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) and a detailed history was taken. Women aged 18 to 45 years who delivered at term and had natural pregnancy (without any ART method),

Treatment:

Behavioral: Maternal Attachment Inventory Score

women giving birth by c-section

Description:

100 delivered with cesarean section. They were examined three month after delivery using Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) and a detailed history was taken. Women aged 18 to 45 years who delivered at term and had natural pregnancy (without any ART method),

Treatment:

Behavioral: Maternal Attachment Inventory Score