NCT06969248

Program to Increase Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care

The Effects of Interventions Targeted to Fathers on Fathers' Participation in Infant Care, Attachment Status, and Paternal Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Selcuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Fathers participating in the study will be given an 8-week formality intervention. Participants will be shown 4-week infant care training records and then 4-week videos prepared on educational topics. The effect of the intervention will be determined annually by the mean scores of the Fathers' Participation in Infant Care Questionnaire, Father Infant Attachment Scale, and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale.

Detailed description

The study will be conducted in a Family Health Center in Turkey, selected by random lottery. Fathers who are registered in a family health center and have babies aged 4-12 months and fathers who have children for the first time will be included in the study. The type of the study is planned as randomized controlled pre-test post-test, parallel group experimental type. A total of 80 fathers will be included in the study, 40 in each group, according to the calculation made with Gpower analysis. Participants will be randomly assigned to groups. Nursing interventions will last for 8 weeks and participants will be given training and watched videos during this process.

Conditions

• Randomised Controlled Trial
• Public Health Nursing
• Child Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention Group	Fathers will be provided with a total of 8 weeks of training and videos. The training will cover the role of fatherhood and its historical development, the developmental stages and care needs of babies, ways for fathers to participate in baby care and the benefits of participation, father-infant bonding and influencing factors, and paternal depression. Videos on the subject will be shared with fathers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-20
• Completion: 2025-08-20
• First posted: 2025-05-13
• Last updated: 2025-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)