NCT05199298

The Effect of Mandala Activity-Based Breastfeeding Program on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Maternal-Infant Attachment of Primiparous Mothers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of breastfeeding program integrated with art therapy such as mandala painting on postpartum breastfeeding self-efficacy, breastfeeding rates, and mother-infant attachment of primiparous mothers. Training on breastfeeding and mother-baby bonding and mandala drawings supporting the training will be sent online to primiparous pregnant women who are at 32-36 weeks of gestation and agree to participate in the study. Telephone follow-up and counseling will continue in the postpartum period. In the postpartum period, follow-up and counseling will continue until the second month.

Detailed description

In this study, a mandala-based breastfeeding program will be applied to primiparous mothers at 32-36 weeks of gestation. The study will be conducted to determine the effect of mandala-based breastfeeding programs on postpartum breastfeeding self-efficacy, breastfeeding rates, and maternal-infant attachment of primiparous mothers. Training on breastfeeding and mother-baby bonding and mandala drawings supporting training will be sent online to primiparous pregnant women who are at 32-36 weeks of gestation and agree to participate in the study. The study is planned to be conducted with 72 pregnant women (intervention group=36, control group=36). Telephone follow-up and counseling will continue in the postpartum period. In the postpartum period, follow-up and counseling will continue until the second month.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding
• ART
• Self Efficacy
• Maternal-Fetal Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	"Mandala Activity-Based Breastfeeding Program"	Training modules for breastfeeding and Maternal -infant attachment will be implemented with pregnant women in the study group at 32-36 weeks of gestation. The training will be explained by the researchers by shooting a video. In addition, for each week, mandala drawings will be videotaped by the researcher who received mindfulness-based art therapy training and will be sent to the Whatsapp accounts of the pregnant women. t 36 weeks of gestation, the Prenatal Attachment Scale and Spielberger State Anxiety Inventories will be sent to mothers as Google forms. The mother will be called 24 hours after the birth and the situation of having a problem with breastfeeding will be determined. In the first week, in the first and second months after the birth, questionnaire forms and online questionnaires will be applied to the mothers, apart from the follow-up and counseling in the postpartum 2nd month, the posttests of the scales

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2022-10-10
• First posted: 2022-01-20
• Last updated: 2022-12-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)