NCT07263750

Effect of Haptonomy on Prenatal Attachment and Fear of Childbirth in Primiparous Couples

The Effect of Haptonomy Application for Primiparous Pregnant Women and Their Partners on Prenatal Attachment and Fear of Childbirth: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 144 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nigde Omer Halisdemir University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was planned to evaluate the effect of haptonomy practice for primiparous pregnant women and their partners on prenatal attachment and fear of childbirth.

Detailed description

Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the effect of haptonomy practice for primiparous pregnant women and their partners on prenatal attachment and fear of childbirth. Methods: This randomized controlled experimental study will include primiparous pregnant women and their partners (36 couples in the experimental group and 36 couples in the control group) who apply to the childbirth education class of a public hospital in Turkey and are between 24-26 weeks of gestation. The experimental group will receive haptonomy education in the childbirth class. Afterwards, a video-based haptonomy program will be delivered via e-mail or WhatsApp. Couples will be asked to perform haptonomy exercises once a week for 40 minutes over five weeks. No intervention will be applied to the control group. Data will be collected before the intervention and at the end of the fifth week using the Personal Information Form, Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI), Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire Version A (W-DEQ A), Paternal-Fetal Attachment Scale (PFAS), and Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale (FFOC). Data analysis will include frequency and percentage distributions, chi-square test, t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, repeated measures analysis, two-way ANOVA, Friedman test, and Cohen's d test.

Conditions

• Fear of Childbirth
• Prenatal Attachment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Haptonomy	Since there are no studies in the literature evaluating the effect of planned video modelling haptonomy on prenatal bonding and fear of childbirth in expectant mothers and fathers, it is believed that the results obtained from this study will contribute significantly to the literature by guiding and shedding light on future studies.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-26
• Primary completion: 2026-03-27
• Completion: 2026-04-01
• First posted: 2025-12-04
• Last updated: 2026-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)