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The Effect of Postpartum Mandala Coloring on Anxiety, Fatigue, Maternal Attachment and Breastfeeding Self-efficacy

NCT07448636 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2026-03-04

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mandala coloring on anxiety, fatigue, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and mother-infant bonding in postpartum mothers. The sample consists of women who have had a cesarean section at Kayseri City Hospital within the last year. Data will be collected using a Personal Information Form, the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale, the Short Form of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, the Chalder Fatigue Scale, and the Maternal Attachment Scale. Mothers meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Mothers in the intervention group will be informed that they will begin mandala coloring one week after their cesarean delivery. They will be asked to color a mandala twice a week for a total of 5 weeks, with each coloring session lasting 30 minutes. To eliminate the possibility of mothers forgetting to color the mandala, the researcher will send reminder messages twice a week starting from the end of the first week. The Personal Information Form will be collected through face-to-face interviews while the mothers are in the hospital. Mothers in the control group will receive routine hospital care and will not paint mandalas. Researchers will call all mothers at the end of weeks 1 and 2 to administer the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale and the Short Form of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, and at the end of weeks 4 and 6 to administer questions from the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale, Short Form of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, Chalder Fatigue Scale, and Maternal Attachment Scale, recording their responses.

Conditions

  • Mandala Coloring
  • Postpartum

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mandala coloring

Mothers in the intervention group will be given a circular mandala template coloring book and 12 colored pencils. Mothers in the intervention group will be informed that they will start coloring mandalas one week after giving birth. They will be asked to color one mandala coloring page twice a week for a total of 5 weeks, with each coloring session lasting 30 minutes. To eliminate the possibility of mothers forgetting to color mandalas, the researcher will send reminder messages to the mothers twice a week starting from the end of the first week. Mothers will be asked to send pictures of the mandala pages they have colored to the researcher as a message.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TC Erciyes University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kayseri City Hospital

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Nuh Naci Yazgan University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-15
Primary Completion
2026-05-20
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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