NCT04396509

Effects of Type of Delivery Mode and Gestational Age on Maternal Bonding

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To evaluate the effects of gestational age and other factors on maternal attachment relationship. There are different results in studies examining the effects of birth type on postpartum depression and mother-infant interaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors which affected mother-infant bond (MIB) using maternal attachment inventory (MAI).

Detailed description

The Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) measure maternal love attachment (9). Muller tested the MAI questions in two phases; maternal adaptation and maternal attachmentEach item is evaluated by a 4-way to 26-point Likert-type scale ranging from "always" to "never". Always is calculated as (a) = 4 points, often (b) = 3 points, sometimes (c) = 2 points and never (d) = 1 point. The lowest score which could be obtained from the scale that measures maternal emotions and behaviors indicating love is 26, the high score is 104, and a high score indicates a high maternal attachment (12).

Conditions

• Mother-Infant Interaction
• Postnatal Depression
• Postpartum Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Maternal Attachment Inventory Score	three month after delivery using Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) and a detailed history was taken.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-10
• First posted: 2020-05-20
• Last updated: 2020-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)