NCT06320587

The Effect of Kangaroo Care on Parents' Perceived Parenting Self-Efficacy, Infant Attachment and Newborn Vital Signs

Determination of the Effect of Kangaroo Care Applied to Premature Newborns by Their Parents on the Newborn's Vital Signs, Parents' Perceived Parenting Self-Efficacy Level and Infant Attachment

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Weeks – 37 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was planned to determine the effect of kangaroo care applied by parents of premature newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit on the newborn's vital signs, perceived parenting self-efficacy level and attachment to the baby.

Detailed description

The research is a randomized controlled trial and an experimental research design will be used. The research will be carried out with two groups as experimental (newborns given kangaroo care by both mother and father) and control (newborns given kangaroo care only by the mother) groups.

Conditions

• Kangaroo Care
• Fathers
• Mother-Infant Interaction
• Premature Infant

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kangaroo care practice by both mother and father	In this group, kangaroo care will be done by both mother and father. Mothers used the Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and the Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale as pretests; Fathers will also complete the Postpartum Father-Infant Attachment Survey and the Perceived Father Parenting Self-Efficacy Form. Mothers and fathers in the application group will be provided with kangaroo care for 45 minutes, 2 days a week for 5 weeks. The baby's vital signs will be monitored 30 minutes before each kangaroo care, at the 15th minute of each kangaroo care, and 30 minutes after the kangaroo care, and will be recorded on the Kangaroo Care Monitoring Form. After kangaroo care was completed at the end of 5 weeks, mothers used the Mother-Baby Attachment Scale and the Perceived Mother Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale as posttests; Postnatal Father-Infant Attachment Questionnaire and Perceived Father Parenting Self-Efficacy Form will be filled out by fathers.
OTHER	Kangaroo care practice only mother	In the control group, only the mother will care for the kangaroo. The application will be similar to the experimental group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-30
• Completion: 2024-05-30
• First posted: 2024-03-20
• Last updated: 2024-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)