Parenting, Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this randomized control trial is to find out the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong with babies under 1 year old. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * examine the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong * the relationship between the compliance of the intervention and the change of parental stress level Participants in intervention group will receive a abdominal massage training session and will perform on their baby. Parental stress level will be assess week 0 and four weeks . If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare wait-listed control group to see if there is any change on their parental stress level
Detailed description
same as above
Interventions
OTHERAbdominal massage training
please refer to group description
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Parents aged 18 or above. 2. Parents with 0-1 year old full term babies without medical treatment of colic. 3. Able to communicate or read Chinese and have not tried applying infant massage on their babies.
Exclusion criteria
1. Parents with babies who had abdominal surgery. 2. Currently participating in any other massage related studies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parental stress level | week 4 | is parenting stress which was assessed by the parental stress scale of the Chinese version of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) (4th version) with 3 subscales: Difficult child (DC), Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) Total Score: 36-180 ( Higher score implies higher parental stress level) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difficult child | week 4 | Difficult child (DC) which is one of the subscales of PSI-SF Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome) |
| Parental distress & Parent-child dysfunctional interaction | week 4 | Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) which are the other two subscales of PSI-SF Each Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome) |
| Difference in parental stress with the presence of partner participation | week 4 | Difference in total parental stress level (PSI-SF) with the presence of partner participation to join the massage training class |
| Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention | week 4 | Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed