NCT05119062

The Feasibility of an Online Intergenerational Co-parenting Program

The Feasibility of an Online Intergenerational Co-parenting Program for Father-mother-grandmother Triad on the Intergenerational Co-parenting Relationship in the Perinatal Period

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a feasibility study with pilot randomized controlled trial design. A convenience sample of 60 intergenerational co-parenting family units, including 60 first-time parents (60 mothers and 60 fathers) and 60 grandmothers (mother-in-law of mothers) will be recruited from the obstetric clinics in the outpatient department of the study hospital, with 30 family units of each in the intervention group and control group respectively. Participants who are recruited will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control group by a research assistant based on the sequential enrollment list. Participants in the control group will receive usual care. Those who are randomized to the intervention group will receive the intergenerational co-parenting program in addition to the usual care.

Detailed description

This is a feasibility study with pilot randomized controlled trial design. A convenience sample of 60 intergenerational co-parenting family units, including 60 first-time parents (60 mothers and 60 fathers) and 60 grandmothers (mother-in-law of mothers) will be recruited from the obstetric clinics in the outpatient department of the study hospital, with 30 family units of each in the intervention group and control group respectively. A sequential enrollment list linked to a random number sequence will be generated by a statistician. Participants who are recruited will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control group by a research assistant based on the sequential enrollment list. Participants in the control group will receive usual care. Those who are randomized to the intervention group will receive the intergenerational co-parenting program in addition to the usual care, including 3 weekly antenatal sessions (start from 33-35 weeks gestation) and 2 weekly postnatal sessions (start from the first week after discharge from hospital). The essential components and focus of the intergenerational co-parenting program were developed based on the themes identified from the two qualitative studies, the systematic review of co-parenting interventions, and the proposed intergenerational co-parenting model. The intervention will be delivered online through an education platform of the study hospital. The acceptability, feasibility of the intergeneration co-parenting program will be examined. In addtion, the preliminary effects of such program on the intergenerational co-parenting relationship between mothers and grandmothers reported by mothers (primary outcome), and on the secondary outcomes: the psychological well-being of parents and grandmothers, the co-parenting relationship between parents, parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy of parents at 6 weeks, and 3 months postpartum will be assessed.

Conditions

• Intergenerational Relations
• Perinatal Depression
• Parenting

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Usual care	Families in the control group will be provided with routine care, including regular antenatal check ups, one bed side education (within 24 hours after delivery), one group session with discharge precautions (3rd to 5th day postpartum), two home visits (first week and second week after discharge respectively), and two physical body check at hospital on the 30th and 42nd day postpartum. Contents of the bed side education, pre-discharge education and home visits focuses on health related information, such as postpartum care, infant care and breastfeeding, etc.
OTHER	an online intergenerational co-parenting programme+usual care	The program is proposed to include five sessions, with three antenatal sessions to be offered weekly during the 34-36 weeks gestation and two postnatal sessions weekly starting from the first week after discharge from hospital. The intervention will be delivered online.The program is designed for the intergenerational co-parenting families to undertake with parents together with grandmothers. The online courses will be delivered by an online platform in the study hospital. The first session will be pushed to participants in the intervention group within 2 days (around 34 weeks gestation) after recruitment. The second and third session will be pushed around 35 and 36 weeks gestation separately. The first postnatal session will be provided around the first to second week postpartum; and second postnatal session will be provided around the third to fourth week postpartum.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-05-10
• Completion: 2022-05-10
• First posted: 2021-11-12
• Last updated: 2022-05-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: China