Investigating the Effect of Couple-Based Education and Counseling Regarding Postpartum Care on Dyadic Adjustment, Parent-Infant Attachment, Exclusive Breastfeeding and Anthropometric Indices of Infants

Investigating the Effect of Couple-Based Education and Counseling Regarding Postpartum Care on Dyadic Adjustment, Parent-Infant Attachment, Exclusive Breastfeeding and Anthropometric Indices of Infants Parents Covered by Comprehensive Health Centers in Bushehr City in 2025

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20190122042453N4

Enrollment

100

Registered

2026-02-11

Start date

2026-01-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Pregnancy. Supervision of normal pregnancy

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: First, a pre-test will be conducted for Dyadic Adjustment (completion of the Dyadic Adjustment questionnaire). Then, story episodes about postpartum care will be p

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Iranian nationality Resident of Bushehr city First pregnancy Parents living together Gestational age 29-32 weeks at study entry Singleton pregnancy Couples over 18 years old- Literacy Having a phone Internet access

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Couples divorce during study Consent to continue research despite initial consent Loss of a child through stillbirth or infant death Admission of the newborn to the neonatal intensive care unit Having an ultrasound based on fetal abnormalities The presence of abnormalities in the baby Preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy) Abnormal weight, height, and head circumference of the baby at birth (such as microcephaly, macrocephaly, and macrosomia of the baby) The presence of mental illness or use of psychiatric drugs in the woman, her husband, or both, based on self-declaration Drug and stimulant addiction in the mother during pregnancy, as well as the presence of these cases in her husband, based on self-report. Speech and hearing problems in couples

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Dyadic Adjustment. Timepoint: Before the study and three months after delivery. Method of measurement: Graham B. Spiner Dyadic Adjustment Scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Parent-infant attachment. Timepoint: Three months after giving birth. Method of measurement: Condon and Corindale Postnatal Attachment Scale.;Exclusive Breastfeeding. Timepoint: Three months after giving birth. Method of measurement: Newborn information registration form.;Anthropometric Indices of Infants. Timepoint: Immediately and three months after delivery. Method of measurement: Head circumference using a tape measure - Height using a graduated board - Weight using a digital scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Parent-infant attachment. Timepoint: Three months after giving birth. Method of measurement: Condon and Corindale Postnatal Attachment Scale.;Exclusive Breastfeeding. Timepoint: Three months after giving birth. Method of measurement: Newborn information registration form.;Anthropometric Indices of Infants. Timepoint: Immediately and three months after delivery. Method of measurement: Head circumference using a tape measure - Height using a graduated board - Weight using a digital scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactRazieh Bagherzadeh

Boushehr University of Medical Sciences

r.bagherzadeh@bpums.ac.ir+98 77 3345 0187

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026