Newborn Basic Care Training on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Baby Attachment

Çankırı Karatekin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Newborn Basic Care Training

Treatments: Other: Newborn Basic Care Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06163066

Sevilay ERGUN ARSLANLI

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is planned to be carried out in a pre-test-post-test (first and fourth months) randomized controlled experimental design with the aim of determining the "Effect of Newborn Basic Care Training Given to Fathers with Different Methods on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Infant Attachment". In addition, the training provided aims to prevent malpractices in newborn care and to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality rates and gender-based inequalities.

Full description

This study will be conducted in a prospective pre-test-post-test- (first and fourth months), three-arm (1:1:1), randomized controlled experimental design.The sample size of the study was calculated based on a 3-group study on father-infant attachment. Thus, it was planned to conduct research with 73 fathers in total (24 fathers in the web-based group, 24 in the face-to-face group, and 25 in the control group).

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria Eligible participants were fathers who met the following criteria: (1) their spouse had given birth for the first time, (2) they were aged 18 to 50 years, (3) they consented to participate in the study and signed an informed consent form, (4) their infant was in the neonatal period, (5) they had access to a mobile phone with internet connectivity and were able to operate it, (6) they were able to read and understand xxx, (7) they had a stable living environment, (8) their child and spouse were in good health, and (9) they had no communication or visual impairments.

Exclusion Criteria:

Fathers who participated in the study but withdrew at any point, whose child or spouse experienced health complications after childbirth, or who failed to access the website within one month or engage with the educational materials, were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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73 participants in 3 patient groups

Web-based Group

Experimental group

Description:

The father's phone will be stolen and the father will record the researcher's phone number. After this stage, the researcher will apply a pre-test, make the father a member of the website and show the first video about basic newborn care to the father via his phone. The first access to the website will be made under the guidance of the researcher. For membership, individuals must have an internet connection and know how to use a phone. Even though the fathers made their first viewing before being discharged from the hospital, the web page will be open for 1 month and they will be able to watch the video they want whenever they want. Individuals who visit the page and agree to participate in the study will be given a posttest at the end of the 1st month and at the end of the 4th month.

Treatment:

Other: Newborn Basic Care Training

Face-to-face Group

Experimental group

Description:

The father's phone will be stolen and the father will record the researcher's phone number. Then, before his wife is discharged from the hospital, the father will be interviewed and an appointment will be made to meet at the clinic at a convenient time. During this appointment, the researcher will apply a pre-test and explain information about basic newborn care (hygiene, safety and nutrition) face-to-face and in practice. In addition, brochures about baby care will be provided to fathers that they can use at any time. After this process, the final test will be applied at the end of the 1st month and at the end of the 4th month.

Treatment:

Other: Newborn Basic Care Training

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The father's phone will be stolen and the father will record the researcher's phone number. After this stage, the researcher will perform a pre-test before the mother is discharged and will not have her perform any newborn care procedures. Fathers in the control group will continue to receive routine care. In Turkey, information about the basic care of the newborn is given only verbally by neonatal midwives and nurses before discharge. After these procedures, a final test will be applied to this group at the end of the 1st month and at the end of the 4th month.