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Program to Increase Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care

NCT06969248 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-05-13

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Randomised Controlled Trial
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Child Health

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Institutes of Turkey

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Selcuk University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-20
Completion
2025-08-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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