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Familiy Medicine Perspective to Maternal-infant Bonding

Evaulation of Maternal-infant Bonding in Postpartum Period of Healthy Women With Family Medicine Perspective

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03357965
Enrollment
73
Registered
2017-11-30
Start date
2016-12-01
Completion date
2017-02-01
Last updated
2017-11-30

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Conditions

Anxiety, Depression, Maternal-Fetal Relations

Keywords

maternal infant bonding, depression, anxiety

Brief summary

Maternal bonding was described as a qualitative change in the relationship of a mother with her infant. By this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the mother-infant bonding and the factors affecting it, from the point of the family practice, which is responsible for the healthcare of all family members from the fetus to the eldest individual in a family.

Detailed description

The study was carried out as a single-centered descriptive research among 73 women at the postpartum period. The sociodemographic status and the histories of pregnancies of the study participants were recorded. The Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI), which questions the biological, psychological and social factors, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to collect data to determine the factors affecting the mother-infant bonding in the postpartum period. The study is a descriptive survey study, which was conducted to determine the mother-infant attachment and its affecting factors in mothers in the first 6-week of the postpartum period. In order to conduct the study, the local Ethics Committee approval was obtained. (Approval date: 24.11.2016, number 18517). The mean score of the Turkish version of the Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) is approximately 95+6 according to the validation study. In our study, considering that the average MAI score of the participants would be approximately 97, investigators determined to include 73 patients in the study with a type I error set at a=0.05 and with the power of (1-b) 80%. The universe of the study consists of the mothers in the first 6 weeks of the postpartum period presenting to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic and the mothers of the pediatric patients presenting to the Pediatric Clinic of the Health Sciences University Umraniye Education and Research Hospital.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Women who had gave birth in 6 weeks

Sponsors

Yildiz Atadag
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE

Inclusion criteria

* Women who gave birth in 6 weeks * Women who had no mental illness history * Women who had no health issue * Women who accepted to join the study * Women who can communicate

Exclusion criteria

* The women who did not have the features below the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Maternal Attachment Inventory20 minutesThe items of the MAI are designed in the 4-point Likert scale, which can be scored between 1 and 4 (1: never, 2: sometimes, 3: often, 4: always). The increasing scores indicate increasing levels of attachment of the mother.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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