Program to Increase Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care

Selcuk University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Randomised Controlled Trial; Public Health Nursing; Child Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06969248

TUSEB

9278

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fathers participating in the study will be given an 8-week formality intervention. Participants will be shown 4-week infant care training records and then 4-week videos prepared on educational topics. The effect of the intervention will be determined annually by the mean scores of the Fathers' Participation in Infant Care Questionnaire, Father Infant Attachment Scale, and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale.

Full description

The study will be conducted in a Family Health Center in Turkey, selected by random lottery. Fathers who are registered in a family health center and have babies aged 4-12 months and fathers who have children for the first time will be included in the study. The type of the study is planned as randomized controlled pre-test post-test, parallel group experimental type. A total of 80 fathers will be included in the study, 40 in each group, according to the calculation made with Gpower analysis. Participants will be randomly assigned to groups. Nursing interventions will last for 8 weeks and participants will be given training and watched videos during this process.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Having a healthy baby between 4-12 months old,
• Being a first-time father,
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Having a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being under 18 years old,
• Having a psychiatric diagnosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Non-Intervention Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Fathers in the control group will continue their routine practices. Fathers in this group will be measured twice, pre-test and post-test. No intervention will be made to the control group. After the intervention group's training is completed, training contents and videos will be shared with the control group.

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention Group