The Effect of Baby Massage on Postpartum Depression and Maternal Attachment

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Attachment; Maternal Behavior; Depression, Postpartum

Treatments: Behavioral: Baby Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05813782

22-KAEK-084

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to determine the effect of baby massage on postpartum depression and maternal attachment in the postpartum period.

Full description

The transition to motherhood is one of the life stages that brings about stress and change. Primiparous mothers, who will experience motherhood for the first time due to anxiety about the unknown, may experience more stress and their communication with their babies may deteriorate. In this process, the mother's seeing, touching and interacting with her baby positively affects her perception of her baby. The easiest and most natural way to do this is baby massage. Touching and massaging the baby maintains the baby's body contact, which strengthens the baby's sense of trust and supports the mother's development of attachment behavior. It also reduces mothers' levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and relieves depressive symptoms.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primiparous,
• Cesarean section,
• Having a single baby,
• Between the ages of 19-35,
• Literate
• Effective communication.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a premature baby,
• Mother and baby have a disease that prevents massage,
• Loss of vision and hearing.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

No intervention arms

No Intervention group

Description:

Primiparous mothers in this group answered the postpartum depression scale (pre-test) before discharge from the hospital. No intervention was made in addition to routine postnatal care. Primiparous mothers answered the maternal attachment scale and the postpartum depression scale (post-test) on postpartum 42nd day.

Experimental arms

Experimental group

Description:

Primiparous mothers in the experimental group answered the postpartum depression scale before baby massage training. Afterwards, baby massage training (30 min.) was given. Baby model, baby massage video CD and brochure were used in the training. Primiparous mothers were told to apply baby massage regularly for 15 minutes, once a day, every day from the 5th to 42nd day after birth. An "Baby Massage Follow-up Form" was given to primiparous mothers to record the days of massage. Baby massage application order was provided by phone calls twice a week. Primiparous mothers answered the maternal attachment scale and the postpartum depression scale (post-test) on postpartum 42nd day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Baby Massage