The Effect of Visual and Audio Stimulus Offered to Father-to-be

Launched by ATATURK UNIVERSITY · Feb 26, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how visual and audio stimuli, like videos or sounds, can help first-time fathers during their partner's pregnancy and how this support might affect breastfeeding success, the father's perception of support, and postpartum depression in new mothers. The researchers are looking for pregnant women who are between 32 to 35 weeks along in their first pregnancy and their partners, who must be over 18 and also first-time fathers. Participants must be literate and willing to communicate openly.

If you join the study, you and your partner will be randomly placed in either a group that receives these visual and audio stimuli or a control group that does not. Throughout the trial, you will complete questionnaires that assess support, breastfeeding confidence, and feelings of depression. This research aims to better understand how involving fathers during pregnancy can positively impact both parents and their newborns.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Criteria for inclusion of pregnant women in the study:
• • Being literate
• • Being nulliparous
• • 32-35. weeks of pregnancy between
• • Having a single fetus
• • There is no obstacle to vaginal birth
• • There is no condition that prevents breastfeeding
• • Being open to communication
• • Volunteering to participate in the research
• Criteria for inclusion of fathers in the study:
• • Being literate
• • Being over 18 years of age
• • Being a father for the first time
• • Using a smartphone
• • Being open to communication
• • Volunteering to participate in the research
• Exclusion Criteria:
• * Criteria for excluding pregnant women from the study:
• • Illiteracy
• • Having a high risk pregnancy
• • Having a diagnosed psychiatric disease
• Exclusion criteria for women in the postpartum period from the study:
• • Having given birth prematurely
• • Having had a caesarean section
• • Development of complications in the mother and/or baby after birth
• • A condition that prevents breastfeeding in the mother and/or baby
• Criteria for not including fathers in the study:
• • Illiteracy
• • Being under 18 years of age
• • Having a diagnosed psychiatric disease