Clinical trial NCT06320587: The Effect of Kangaroo Care on Parents' Perceived Parenting Self-Efficacy, Infant Attachment and Newborn Vital Signs
Official title: Determination of the Effect of Kangaroo Care Applied to Premature Newborns by Their Parents on the Newborn's Vital Signs, Parents' Perceived Parenting Self-Efficacy Level and Infant Attachment
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Kangaroo Care
Fathers
Mother-Infant Interaction
Premature Infant
Keywords: kangaroo care
Lead sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-20
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 28
Maximum age (years): 37
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study was planned to determine the effect of kangaroo care applied by parents of premature newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit on the newborn's vital signs, perceived parenting self-efficacy level and attachment to the baby.

Detailed description: The research is a randomized controlled trial and an experimental research design will be used. The research will be carried out with two groups as experimental (newborns given kangaroo care by both mother and father) and control (newborns given kangaroo care only by the mother) groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parents who volunteered to participate in the research
* Parents who are Turkish citizens and speak Turkish
* Preterm baby born between 28-37 weeks staying in the neonatal intensive care unit
* The mother and father do not have any obstacles in taking care of the kangaroo.
* Mothers and fathers who can come to the hospital regularly on the specified days will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not volunteering to participate in the research
* Parent's inability to speak Turkish
* Presence of a life-threatening major malformation or serious perinatal complication in the premature baby
* Babies with umbilical catheters and central venous catheters will not be included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mother-To-Infant Bonding Scale
timeFrame: It is designed to be applied from the first day after birth. It will be filled in before kangaroo care and after 5 weeks of kangaroo care.
measure: Perceived Mother Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: It will be filled in before kangaroo care and after 5 weeks of kangaroo care.
measure: Postnatal Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire
timeFrame: It will be filled in before kangaroo care and after 5 weeks of kangaroo care.
measure: Perceived Father Parenting Self-Efficacy Form
timeFrame: It will be filled in before kangaroo care and after 5 weeks of kangaroo care.
measure: Physiological parameters of the premature infant: peak heart rate (BPM)
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 5 weeks.
measure: Physiological parameters of the premature infant: oxygen saturation (%)
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 5 weeks.
measure: Physiological parameters of the premature infant: body temperature (°C)
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 5 weeks.
measure: Physiological parameters of the premature infant:Respiration rate (RPM)
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 5 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Gülhane Sağlık Bilimleri University
name: Gönül Kurt, Assoc.Prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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