Examining the impact of a program that promotes pregnancy health literacy on self-care, maternal infant attachment, and some pregnancy outcomes in pregnant teenagers.

Design, implementation, and evaluation of a program to improve adolescent pregnancy health literacy through a social messenger and investigating its impact on self-care, maternal infant attachment and some pregnancy outcome.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20230912059412N1

Enrollment

110

Registered

2023-10-14

Start date

2023-10-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-11-13

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Conditions

Pregnancy health literacy in adolescent pregnancy. Supervision of very young primigravida

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention group is pregnant teenagers who meet the inclusion criteria. They will receive routine pregnancy care according to Iran's national guidelines. In addition, they will r

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

No minimum to 19 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Ability to read and write in Farsi 2) Mothers under 19 years old 3) Being in the gestational age of 6 to 30 weeks of pregnancy 4) Access to the Internet and internal messengers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Medical and background problems such as major or life-threatening disabilities

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To improve adolescent pregnancy health literacy. Timepoint: Evaluation of maternal health literacy outcomes in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in intervention and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Specific questionnaire for measuring maternal health literacy.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Maternal- infant attachment. Timepoint: Measurement of mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Condon and corkindale's postnatal attachment questionnaire.;Postpartum self-care. Timepoint: Measuring the performance of women in the field of postpartum self-care in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Questionnaire on women's performance in the field of self-care after childbirth.;Breastfeeding self-efficacy. Timepoint: Measurement of breastfeeding self-efficacy in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Dennis Short Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (2003).	—

Measure

Time frame

Maternal- infant attachment. Timepoint: Measurement of mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Condon and corkindale's postnatal attachment questionnaire.;Postpartum self-care. Timepoint: Measuring the performance of women in the field of postpartum self-care in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Questionnaire on women's performance in the field of self-care after childbirth.;Breastfeeding self-efficacy. Timepoint: Measurement of breastfeeding self-efficacy in the postpartum period (between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery) in two interventions and non-intervention groups. Method of measurement: Dennis Short Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (2003).

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMahsa Mirzababaei

Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences

mirzababaei.m@ajums.ac.ir+98 21 2227 7218

Outcome results

None listed

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