The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch To Mothers With Preterm Babies

The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch Training Given To Mothers With Preterm Babies On Attachment Level And The Responses The Baby

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04122417

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-10

Start date

2016-08-01

Completion date

2017-08-31

Last updated

2019-10-14

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Conditions

Therapeutic Touch

Keywords

Therapeutic touch, yakson, gentle human touch, maternal attachment, preterm baby

Brief summary

The study was carried to determine the effect of yakson or gentle human touch methods applied by the mothers to their preterm newborns on mother's attachment level and baby's response.

Detailed description

The study was carried out as a randomized controlled experimental research. Population of the study is all of the babies who were hospitalized at the neonatal intensive care unit of a state hospital in Turkey between August 2016 and August 2017 and the mothers of the babies; its sample is 90 mothers and their babies included with randomization method who were matching the criteria who were also hospitalized between these dates.

Interventions

OTHERThe Effect Of Therapeutic Touch Training Given To Mothers With Preterm Babies On Attachment Level And The Responses The Baby

The study was carried out as randomized experiment to determine the effect of Yakson or Gentle Human Touch method practiced by mothers to preterm newborns on the maternal attachment level and the baby's responses.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Mothers' Selection Criteria * Mother should not have any defines psychiatric diseases, * Mother should not have any physical disabilities, * Mother should be literate and open to communication, * Should not have transportation problem, * Should be willing to participate and volunteer for the study. Babies' Selection Criteria * Babies should be between 26-34 gestation weeks, * Should not have congenital abnormalities, * Babies should not have any health problems that may hinder the practice (Intracranial hemorrhage, sepsis, hemorrhagic diseases, having an operation, etc.).

Exclusion criteria

-Participants must have inclusion criterias.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch Training Given To Mothers With Preterm Babies On Attachment Level And The Responses The Baby	Between August 2016 and August 2017	Study was determined that therapeutic touch methods applied to babies by the mothers increase mother-baby attachment; contributed to the sleep-calmness states, vital signs and weight gain of the baby; and reduced the stays in hospital.

Outcome results

None listed

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