Supportive Care Training Given to Mothers of Babies With Infants Colic

Summary

Infantile Colic is a non-pathological condition that causes babies to cry excessively throughout their first few months of life. It has a prevalence of 15-30% and is defined by excessive sobbing for at least 3 hours per day, 3 days per week for around 3 weeks.

Excessive sobbing, blushing, parachroma around the lips, bloating in the abdomen, drawing the legs into the abdomen, coldness at the ends, and fisting of the hands are all symptoms of infantile colic. Another significant clinical aspect of Infantile Colic is its protracted, difficult to soothe, and inexplicable nature. Infantile Colic is thought to have a cicadian pain cycle that begins in the evening.

Infantile Colic is a non-pathological condition that causes babies to cry excessively throughout their first few months of life. It has a prevalence of 15-30% and is defined by excessive sobbing for at least 3 hours per day, 3 days per week for around 3 weeks.

Excessive sobbing, blushing, parachroma around the lips, bloating in the abdomen, drawing the legs into the abdomen, coldness at the ends, and fisting of the hands are all symptoms of infantile colic. Another significant clinical aspect of Infantile Colic is its protracted, difficult to soothe, and inexplicable nature. Infantile Colic is thought to have a cicadian pain cycle that begins in the evening.

Anxiety and stress that arise during the postpartum period cause a variety of issues in both the mother and the baby, and have a negative impact on the mother-baby bond as well as the mother's care and parenting skills. Sleep deprivation, sleep disturbance, and exhaustion are said to be caused by the sensation of not being able to meet the child's demands. It has been found that as parental stress levels rise, the gut flora deteriorates, and increasing cortisol in breast milk increases the baby's crying attacks. Colic and excessive crying are also risk factors for unfavorable parent-infant interactions. Infantile Colic has been shown to have a negative impact on children's health in the short and long term for all of these reasons. As a result, healthcare experts must devise therapies to lessen the painful impact of Infantile Colic on babies and their families. As a result, the purpose of this study was to see how supportive care training for parents affected the colic levels of babies with Infantile Colic, as well as mothers' perceptions of nursing and parental self-efficacy.

Conditions

• Mothers
• Infantile Colic

Interventions

OTHER

Supportive care training

The program includes breastfeeding teaching, baby massage, managing gas issues (shaking, white noise), and nutrition for mothers.

OTHER

control grups

Mothers in this group will be given an educational brochure containing information about colic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

1 Month

Max Age

3 Months

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-03-31

Primary Completion

2024-08-31

Completion

2024-09-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)