NCT05813782

The Effect of Baby Massage on Postpartum Depression and Maternal Attachment

The Effect of Baby Massage on Postpartum Depression and Maternal Attachment in the Postpartum Period: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effect of baby massage on postpartum depression and maternal attachment in the postpartum period.

Detailed description

The transition to motherhood is one of the life stages that brings about stress and change. Primiparous mothers, who will experience motherhood for the first time due to anxiety about the unknown, may experience more stress and their communication with their babies may deteriorate. In this process, the mother's seeing, touching and interacting with her baby positively affects her perception of her baby. The easiest and most natural way to do this is baby massage. Touching and massaging the baby maintains the baby's body contact, which strengthens the baby's sense of trust and supports the mother's development of attachment behavior. It also reduces mothers' levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and relieves depressive symptoms.

Conditions

• Depression, Postpartum
• Maternal Behavior
• Attachment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Baby Massage	Baby massage training (30 minutes) was given to primiparous mothers before they were discharged from the hospital. Baby massage training consists of sections that explain the importance of massage, preparation for massage, stages of baby massage and situations that need attention. Primiparous mothers were told to do this massage to their babies in the postpartum period. Baby massage video CD, brochure and baby oil were given to primiparous mothers for an effective baby massage.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-03
• Primary completion: 2023-05-15
• Completion: 2023-08-15
• First posted: 2023-04-14
• Last updated: 2023-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)