Investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness counseling on mother - newborn attachment and The Parental stress

Investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness counseling on mother - newborn attachment and The stress of at risk newborn parent under the care ACORN program

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20201208049647N1

Enrollment

100

Registered

2020-12-14

Start date

2020-12-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-01-05

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Conditions

Condition 1: Mother and baby attachment. Condition 2: Parental stress.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The intervention group receives mindfulness-based counseling in 3 sessions of 60 minutes a week every other day. These sessions include: Session 1: Familiarity with

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having an unhealthy or at-risk baby under ACORN care Be literate No history of illness or mental disorders or taking psychiatric medication Predicting more than 2 weeks of hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit Meet the baby at least once a day Getting a score higher than 34 from the Parent Stress Assessment Questionnaire in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Possibility and ability of the participants to use the Online meetings(if the corona conditions are continuous and it is not possible to hold the meetings in person)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parents who have experienced stressful life events over the past year Parents who received out-of-study counseling services It is not possible for the parents to see the baby

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mother and baby attachment. Timepoint: Measuring the average score of mother and infant attachment in 3 times: Before the intervention, in the last session (7 days after the intervention) and 14 days after the intervention. Method of measurement: Checklist of Avant attachment behaviors.;Parental stress. Timepoint: Measuring the average score of Parental stress in 3 times: before the intervention, in the last session (7 days after the intervention) and 14 days after the intervention. Method of measurement: Parental stress scale In the neonatal intensive care unit questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Mother and baby attachment. Timepoint: Measuring the average score of mother and infant attachment in 3 times: Before the intervention, in the last session (7 days after the intervention) and 14 days after the intervention. Method of measurement: Checklist of Avant attachment behaviors.;Parental stress. Timepoint: Measuring the average score of Parental stress in 3 times: before the intervention, in the last session (7 days after the intervention) and 14 days after the intervention. Method of measurement: Parental stress scale In the neonatal intensive care unit questionnaire.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of the baby's hospitalization. Timepoint: One month after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: Number of days of hospitalization of the infant recorded in the hospital file.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMasomeh Nodeh

Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

nodes1368@gmail.com+98 51 4522 0939

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026