NCT06266507

Examining the Effect of Occupational Therapy-Based Parent Coaching on Feeding Problems in Children With a Preterm Birth

Examining the Effect of Occupational Therapy-Based Parent Coaching on Feeding Problems in Children With a History of Premature Birth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara Medipol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Feeding problems are common in children with a history of premature birth, and these problems continue into early childhood. Feeding problems are affected by many biopsychosocial factors, and the context in which feeding takes place and the attitudes and behaviors of parents can also be effective in the emergence or continuation of these problems. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of occupational therapy-based parent coaching intervention on mothers and their children, who are considered to be primarily responsible for the feeding of children in our country. 46 mothers with premature children will be included in our study and participants will be randomly assigned to intervention/control groups. Mothers will fill out a sociodemographic information form, Canadian Occupational Therapy Measure (COPM), Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale, Sensory Profile Questionnaire - Oral Sensory Processing Subtest, Family Feeding Strategies Scale and Parental Self-Efficacy Scale via Google forms. Mothers in the research group will be given online occupational therapy-based parent coaching training for 10 weeks. Second evaluations will be carried out after the training; Final evaluations will be applied after 1 month of follow-up.

Conditions

• Feeding Behavior
• Mother-Child Relations
• Feeding and Eating Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Ergotherapy Based Parent Coaching	Occupational Therapy Based Parent Coaching intervention will last 10 sessions and will be carried out on the online platform. Sessions are planned to last between 45-60 minutes. The interviews to be held during the sessions are considered as the basic principles of parent coaching; It will be carried out in line with the principles of joint planning, observation, implementation, reflection and feedback. This intervention aims to educate mothers on proper feeding strategies for their children and to enable them to carry out these practices independently.
OTHER	Informative Brochure Distribution	No active intervention will be made to the mothers in the target group; an informative brochure about early childhood development will be distributed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-29
• Primary completion: 2025-06-22
• Completion: 2025-08-15
• First posted: 2024-02-20
• Last updated: 2026-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)