NCT06163066

Newborn Basic Care Training on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Baby Attachment

The Effect of Newborn Basic Care Training Delivered With Different Methods on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Baby Attachment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 73 (actual)
• Sponsor: Çankırı Karatekin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is planned to be carried out in a pre-test-post-test (first and fourth months) randomized controlled experimental design with the aim of determining the "Effect of Newborn Basic Care Training Given to Fathers with Different Methods on Fathers' Self-Efficacy and Father-Infant Attachment". In addition, the training provided aims to prevent malpractices in newborn care and to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality rates and gender-based inequalities.

Detailed description

This study will be conducted in a prospective pre-test-post-test- (first and fourth months), three-arm (1:1:1), randomized controlled experimental design.The sample size of the study was calculated based on a 3-group study on father-infant attachment. Thus, it was planned to conduct research with 73 fathers in total (24 fathers in the web-based group, 24 in the face-to-face group, and 25 in the control group).

Conditions

• Newborn Basic Care Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Newborn Basic Care Training	These talented fathers will be given both face-to-face practical training and the industrial web-based training type of information technologies will be used. In this way, the positive developments provided by the two trainings will be abandoned and the understandability and usefulness of the training from the people's perspective will be increased. A website suitable for mobile phones will be designed by transferring digital materials. With this website, fathers will be able to access information about basic care via phone whenever and wherever they want. Thus, in a short time, without human resources and time, all the fathers in need throughout the country will reach the capacity to obtain appropriate information.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-02
• Primary completion: 2024-06-30
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2023-12-08
• Last updated: 2025-08-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)