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Nurse Implemented Infant-Mother Attachment Security Program

NCT06616090 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2024-09-27

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Summary

This study focuses on adapting and evaluating an attachment-based intervention program implemented by nurses in Family Health Centers (FHCs) in Turkey. The program aims to enhance parental sensitivity and infant-mother attachment security. Evidence suggests that such programs, developed in Western countries, effectively improve parenting behaviors and attachment quality. Despite the positive effects of similar programs in Turkey, their integration into primary healthcare for wider public benefit remains unexplored. The project will develop an intervention protocol based on effective methods from previous attachment-based programs into routine childcare visits at FHCs. A randomized controlled trial involving 120 mothers with 9- to 12-month-old babies in Istanbul will be recruited. FHCs will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups, with 60 mother-infant dyads in each condition. Nurses will deliver the program during childcare visits at 9, 12, 15, and 18 months. Intervention FHCs will also use reminders like posters and short films in the waiting rooms to reinforce the concepts. Effectiveness will be evaluated through pretest, posttest, and follow-up home visits using observational and self-report measures on attachment security, maternal sensitivity, as well as maternal psychological characteristics, along with infant socioemotional measures. Upon completion of the project, control FHC nurses will receive training to deliver a condensed version of the program.

Conditions

  • Nurse's Role
  • Infant Development
  • Maternal Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse Implemented Infant-Mother Attachment Security Program

The intervention will draw on video-feedback of mother-infant interactions during the well-child visit. Nurses will videotape the dyad during routine visit in the Family Health Center and show short clips to mothers during the session in order to provide mother positive feedback on their sensitive caregiving. Additionaly, intervention mothers will be exposed to the reminders (e.g., pictures, posters, short film screenings) reflecting maternal sensitivity and secure attachment in the waiting rooms of the intervention Family Health Centers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sabanci University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Feyza Çorapçı, PhD · Sabanci University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-11-01
Completion
2026-11-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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