MedTrace Logo

Infant Massage and Infant Growth, Mother-Infant Attachment, and Maternal Self-Confidence

NCT05302427 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2022-06-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Touch is an essential element in the healthy growth and development of the baby. Infant massage is the best way to touch babies. In line with the literature review on the subject, it has been reported that infant massage supports growth and development in infants, improves attachment between mothers and babies and decreases the level of depression and anxiety in mothers.

With the coronavirus pandemic, quarantine decisions have been implemented all over the world. In addition to the stress brought on by their new roles, new mothers have to cope with the anxiety and stress of being a parent and babysitting during the pandemic period. During the pandemic process, it is seen that depression and anxiety levels increase in mothers who have given birth, and maternal attachment is negatively affected. Depression and anxiety in mothers negatively affect the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of babies. It is very important to encourage practices that increase mother-infant interaction, such as infant massage, during the pandemic period.

The universe of the research will consist of mothers and their babies who were followed up in İzmir Karşıyaka No. 8 Gülay Kaymak Family Health Center and Karşıyaka No. 4 Bostanlı-2 Family Health Center between May 2021 and May 2022. The sample of the study is 38-42. It is planned to create babies born in the 4th week of pregnancy, with a birth weight of over 2500 grams and who have completed their fourth week (one month old) (n:60).

Conditions

  • Growth
  • Attachment
  • Self-Confidence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Infant Massage

The training will start with a leg massage in the first session and the mother will be asked to do this once a day until the next lesson. The next week, the new massage movement will be shown to the mother and the training will continue, and the mother will be told to do the application throughout the week by integrating it with the previous movement this time, and the four-week training will be completed in this way. After the training, which massage movement was taught to the mothers every week, the application pictures of this part will be sent and at the end of the four-week training, the baby massage video and the baby massage guide will be sent to the mothers by e-mail.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zübeyde Ezgi ERCELIK, MSc · Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

  • Hatice BAL YILMAZ, Proffessor · Ege University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Weeks
Max Age
4 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-29
Primary Completion
2021-11-30
Completion
2022-06-17

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT05302427 on ClinicalTrials.gov