Australian Father's Study: A longitudinal study of men about to become fathers and their engagement in pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12613001273774

Acronym

AFS

Enrollment

1050

Registered

2013-11-19

Start date

2013-07-01

Completion date

2016-12-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Prospective study of 1000 men who are the acknowledged father of an unborn baby. Men will be recruited via their partner. Following informed consent, men are followed across the antenatal period, birth and their involvement in the study concludes six weeks postpartum. Men complete an antenatal, birth and postnatal questionnaires that addresses demographic, engagement, anxiety and depression, quality of life questionnaires and in addition questionnaires specific to each stage (antenatal focuses on pregnancy issues, birth on birth issues and postnatal on issues anticipated to arise in the first six weeks postpartum).

Interventions

There is no trial intervention. This is an observational study of men's engagement in the antenatal, birth and early postnatal period. Men will complete three questionnaires. One will be completed in the third trimester (between 30 and 40 weeks of their partner's pregnancy). A second after birth (between day 0 to 5 after the birth), and a third at six weeks postnatal (between weeks five and seven postnatal).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

16 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Male who is the acknowledged father of an unborn baby

Exclusion criteria

Not acknowledged by the pregnant woman as father of the unborn baby Unable to speak english

Outcome results