The Effect of a Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program
Condition: Shaken Baby Syndrome; Mothers
MeSH terms: Shaken Baby Syndrome; Syndrome
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Objective: This randomized controlled study aims to examine whether the education program
      prepared to prevent shaken baby syndrome has an effect on mothers' knowledge and attitudes.

      Method: Simple randomization will be used to evaluate the intervention and control groups.
      The study will be carried out with 90 mothers babies of 2-4 months, who applied to Akdeniz
      University Hospital Healthy Child Outpatient Clinic (intervention group: 45, control group:
      45). After the pre-test, the mothers in the intervention group will be trained and a booklet
      will be given. Tele-consultancy service will be provided to mothers during the 2-month
      follow-up period. After 2 months of follow-up, a post-test will be applied to the mothers in
      the intervention group. The mothers in the control group will not be intervened after the
      pretest is applied. A post test will be applied 2 months after the pre-test. After the
      post-test, the mothers in the control group will be trained and a booklet will be given.
      Ethics committee approval and institutional permission were obtained for the study. Verbal
      and written consent will be obtained from the mothers during the data collection phase.
    

Detailed description: 
      Method: The study will be conducted with 90 mothers with 2-4 months old babies who applied to
      Akdeniz University Hospital Healthy Children Polyclinic (intervention group: 45, control
      group: 45). Personal Information Form, Shaken baby syndrome assessment survey will be used to
      collect data. Simple randomization will be used to evaluate the intervention and control
      groups. In order to identify mothers in intervention groups, sealed-envelope randomization
      method will used. Mothers and statistician group will be unaware of the evaluation. The
      researcher will not be blind because of the role he plays in the research.

      Following the pretest, the intervention group will be trained to prevent shaken baby
      syndrome. Expert opinion was obtained from 10 expert faculty members for the content of the
      training. After the training, the booklet prepared in line with expert opinions will be given
      to the mother in the intervention group. The booklet will remain with the mother.
      Tele-consultancy will be given to the mother for 2 months after the pre-test. The control
      group will also be tested beforehand and will not be intervened afterwards. 2 months after
      the pre-test, a post-test will be applied to the control group and training will be given to
      prevent shaken baby syndrome. A training booklet will be given to the mothers in the control
      group after the final test.

      Statistical analysis will be done using SPSS 23.0 and statistical significance will be set at
      p <0.05.

      Support will be received in the analysis phase of the Statistical Information Unit of Akdeniz
      University.
    

Intervention name(s): Training program
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): A training program and booklet content for the education to be given to mothers includes the following topics.
What is shaken baby syndrome and what is its cause?
What are the harms caused by shaken baby syndrome?
How is shaken baby syndrome understood?
What problems can shaken baby syndrome cause?
What are the measures to be taken? For the training and the content of the booklet, expert opinion was obtained from 10 academic members who are experts in the field of Child Health. An evaluation form was created for pre-test and post-test measurements. Expert opinions were also received for these forms.
Mothers of 2-4 months old babies who applied to Akdeniz University Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Clinic for check-up were randomized with a sealed envelope and accepted the study. In this way, intervention and control groups can be determined. After the pre-test is done in the intervention group, 2-month training, booklet and tele-consultancy services will be provided.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Single-blind randomized controlled study
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: awareness; knowledge; mothers; nursing; shaken baby syndrome