Theory of Meleis on Women's Adaptation to Motherhood and Perceptions of Newborn Baby

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prenatal Care; Newborn; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: Structured education and follow-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04827849

Duygu YEŞİLFİDAN, Filiz ADANA

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomised control trial will made to determine the effects of nursing care based on Meleis's Theory of Transition on Adaptation of Women to Motherhood and their Perception of New-born Infant

Full description

Transition to motherhood, being one of the most important life incidents in the lives of women embodies the transition of role from a known situation to an unknown one. Being a special period in which women hold the role of motherhood together with the birth of the child; try to adapt the new role and reform relationship with the family members at the same time, transition to motherhood is a progressive period experienced by many women. Transition of woman to motherhood in a healthy manner will positively affect developing trust, achieving healthy communication with the infant, adapting to new lifestyle and fulfilling her responsibilities. Thus, transition to motherhood is quite significant both for mother and other family members and the new-born infant and needs to be discussed.

It is aimed in this research that effects of nursing care based on Meleis's Theory of Transition on Adaptation of Women to Motherhood and their Perception of New-born Infant shall be tested.

It will tested the hypotheses that there is no difference between the intervention and control groups of pregnant women after the intervention in terms of adaptation to pregnancy, adaptation to the postpartum period and newborn perception.

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Living in Aydın
• Between the ages of 18-35
• Have no children
• Gestational week is 28 weeks (beginning of 3rd trimester)
• Having a single pregnancy
• At least primary school graduate
• Not risky of pregnancy
• Have no chronic disease
• Can speak and write Turkish language

Exclusion criteria

• Having a history of mental and mental health problems
• With speech and hearing impairments
• Having a risky pregnancy
• Having multiple pregnancies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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79 participants in 2 patient groups

Experiment group

Experimental group

Description:

The study group will be provided physical examination, pregnancy monitoring and training on transition to motherhood within the direction of nursing care based on Meleis's Transition Period Theory, in addition to the usual care provided by healthcare professionals.

Treatment:

Other: Structured education and follow-up

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group continued to receive the routine care