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Affective Bonding in Mothers and Their Premature Newborn

Efficacy of a Nursing Intervention in the Mother-premature Infant Affective Bond

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03070158
Enrollment
148
Registered
2017-03-03
Start date
2017-05-01
Completion date
2020-12-30
Last updated
2020-02-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Premature Infant

Keywords

Premature Infant, Mother-Infant Interaction, Acoustic stimulation/methods, Touch, Visual Stimulation, Vestibule, Labyrinth/physiology

Brief summary

This experimental study will determine the effectiveness of nursing intervention the attachment promotion to increase the affective bonds between mothers and their premature infants. The assignment of the mothers to the control group will receive usual care, the mothers will be assigned to intervention group will receive the intervention.

Detailed description

The premature newborn has a high need for positive interactions, which is a challenge for him, due to biological immaturity, and for his mother because of the level of stress that this situation generates. Behavioral and developmental interventions are needed to address the unique behaviors of preterm infants and the interactive capacities of the mother-newborn premature dyad. The project will be conducted in 18 months. The assignment of the mothers to each group will be like that: First at all, mother will be assignment to control group. They will received usual care when achieve the total of 74 mothers, the mothers will be assigned to intervention group.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAttachment Promotion

Attachment Promotion consists of: 1. Education session about newborn and mother care. 2. Training in multisensory stimulation using the ATVV Intervention (auditory, tactile, visual and vestibular) 3. Two domiciliary visits to follow up and to give education about newborn care and ATVV Intervention. 4. Daily Phone follows up.

Sponsors

Universidad Industrial de Santander
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

The assignment of the mothers to each group will be like that: First at all, mother will be assignment to control group. They will received usual care when achieve the total of 74 mothers, the mothers will be assigned to intervention group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
29 Weeks to 36 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Premature Infant: * Neonates who had been hospitalized in the neonatal care unit, with ages ranging from 29 - 36.6/7 weeks gestation at birth. * Apgar to the minute and five minutes greater to 7/10 Mother: * Mother with nursing diagnosis: Risk of impaired attachment. * Mother with a neonate who had hospitalized in the neonatal care unit, with ages ranging from 29 - 36.6/7 weeks of gestation at birth * Mother living in the metropolitan perimeter of the city of Bucaramanga

Exclusion criteria

Newborn: * Infants that underwent surgery * Infants with neurological injury. * Congenital cardiac abnormalities, severe deformities, grade III intraventricular hemorrhage. Mother: * Mother with limitations: hearing, motor and / or mental handicap-measured through the Abbreviated Mental Test (minimental), that prevent the intervention. * Mother consuming psychoactive substances. * With mental alterations, verified in the medical history.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Affective bonding score1-6 weeksChanges in the mean score of the nursing outcome: affective bonding measure with the NOC(Nursing Outcomes Classification)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Coping adaptation score1-6 weeksChanges in the mean score of the coping measure with the Coping adaptation Processing Scale Abbreviated (CAPS Abbreviated - Spanish)

Countries

Colombia

Contacts

Primary ContactBeatriz Villamizar- carvajal, PhD
beatriz@uis.edu.co5776345745
Backup ContactMayut Delgado-Galeano, Msc
mayutdelgado@gmail.com573204790489

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026