NCT06587373

Impact of Traumatic Childbirth on Mother-baby Dyadic Interaction and Maternal Psychological Outcome: a Prospective Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

While a significant percentage of women in France have difficult pregnancies and negative childbirth experiences, there is still lack of documentation on the impact of these traumatic experiences on maternal health and mother-child relationships. Few studies have focused on the mental health of mothers, despite traumatic experiences being a risk factor for post-traumatic stress, depressive disorders, and suicide. The findings also highlights the maternal withdrawals and intrusions in interaction with the child, which are associated with guilt and feelings of helplessness, a risk to the emotional regulation of the child. Additionally, avoidance symptoms resulting from traumatic experiences delay mothers' seeking help and the early management of dysfunctional interactions. Therefore, assessing the mother-child interactions is important in understanding perinatal psychopathology.

Detailed description

The population include the mother-infant dyads participated in the previous study TOPASE). The study population comprises 2 groups: a group of women who have experienced a traumatic birth and/or a birth perceived as traumatic by the midwives, and a group of women who have experienced a non-traumatic birth and/or a birth perceived as non-traumatic by the midwives. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of traumatic childbirth on the quality of mother-baby dyadic interaction and describe the impact of traumatic childbirth on the mother's mental health and the child's psychomotor and social-emotional development.

Conditions

• Parturition Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Assessment of the quality of mother-child dyadic relationships	Filling out questionnaires

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-02
• Primary completion: 2026-07-31
• Completion: 2026-07-31
• First posted: 2024-09-19
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France