The Effect of Kangaroo Care on Father-Baby Attachment

Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attachment; Kangaroo Care

Treatments: Other: Kangaroo care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06266884

AgriIbrahimCecen

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the research is to evaluate the attachment level of fathers who received kangaroo care training in the antenatal period and applied kangaroo care in the postpartum period to their babies in the first and fourth months.The research will be conducted in a randomized controlled experimental type with educational intervention. The research will be conducted at Islahiye State Hospital with 25 experimental and 25 control group fathers who meet the inclusion criteria. Fathers in the experimental group will be given kangaroo care training during the antenatal period and postpartum kangaroo care will be applied. No intervention will be made to the control group fathers. The Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire (PPAQ) will be applied to fathers in both groups in the first and fourth months and the results will be compared.

Full description

The aim of the research is to evaluate the attachment level of fathers who received kangaroo care training in the antenatal period and applied kangaroo care in the postpartum period to their babies in the first and fourth months.The research will be conducted in a randomized controlled experimental type with educational intervention. The research will be conducted at Islahiye State Hospital with 25 experimental and 25 control group fathers who meet the inclusion criteria. Fathers in the experimental group will be given kangaroo care training during the antenatal period and postpartum kangaroo care will be applied. No intervention will be made to the control group fathers. The Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire (PPAQ) will be applied to fathers in both groups in the first and fourth months and the results will be compared.In the study, data will be collected using the father information form, postpartum questionnaire, postpartum kangaroo care competency checklist, kangaroo care application follow-up chart and father-baby attachment scale.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 36-38. Coming to the hospital with her partner between weeks of gestation,
• Not having any physical and/or mental health problems,
• Not having a contagious disease transmitted by contact,
• Agreeing to participate in the research,
• Knowing Turkish and/or not having communication problems,
• Using Whatsapp application,
• Expecting a single baby

Exclusion criteria

• Being a foreign national, an immigrant or having communication problems,
• Having any physical and/or mental health problems,Having a transient contagious disease through contact,
• Refusing to participate in the research,
• Not using a phone and/or WhatsApp application,
• Expecting more than one baby

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Kangaroo care group

Experimental group

Description:

The contact numbers of the prospective fathers will be taken and a training video and presentation on kangaroo care will be sent via WhatsApp. Kangaroo care will be applied to the fathers in the experimental group during birth.

Treatment:

Other: Kangaroo care

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

After the fathers are informed that the birth has started, the postpartum questions prepared for the control group will be sent via WhatsApp and filled in by the fathers within the first 24 hours after birth. No other application will be applied to the control group. Father-Baby Attachment Scale questions will be sent to fathers via WhatsApp in the first and fourth months after birth and their answers will be received.