Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care and Infants' Development
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age4-6
SponsorNigde Omer Halisdemir University
About this trial
In the early stages of life, newborns are dependent on caregivers to meet their basic needs for survival, feeding, and care. Generally, mothers assume primary responsibility for meeting their infants' basic needs and providing care, while fathers take on a supporting role. Both mothers and fathers actively contribute to the baby's healthy emotional development. This study, planned with fathers of 4-6 month old infants, addresses the lack of quantitative evidence regarding the relationship between fathers' involvement in infant care and infants' sensory processing.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Term infants (37-40 weeks),
Infants aged 4-6 months
Disqualifiers
Preterm infants,
Infants with congenital infections or proven genetic changes,
Infants and mothers diagnosed with metabolic, neurological, and genetic diseases,
Children whose parents did not volunteer to study
Trial population
The study will include healthy, full-term (37-40 weeks of gestation) infants aged 4 to 6 months.
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
The Infant Sensory Profile-2
BehavioralThe Infant Sensory Profile-2 is a parent-administered questionnaire that documents the sensory processing patterns of infants from birth to 6 months. In this study, the questionnaire will be completed by mothers. It consists of 25 items assessing different aspects of sensory processing and takes 5-10 minutes to complete. Each item is scored between one and five. The scoring is as follows: Almost Always = 5, Frequently = 4, Sometimes = 3, Rarely = 2, Almost Never = 1, with a parameter of "Not Applicable = 0".
Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care
BehavioralThe Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care Questionnaire, developed by Kuruçırak and Kulakaç, is a five-point Likert-type instrument designed to assess the level of fathers' involvement in infant care. Responses range from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always); higher scores indicate greater involvement in caregiving activities.
Treatment groups
75 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Healthy infants2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care Questionnaire
The Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care Questionnaire, developed by Kuruçırak and Kulakaç, is a five-point Likert-type instrument designed to assess the level of fathers' involvement in infant care. Responses range from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always); higher scores indicate greater involvement in caregiving activities. The questionnaire consists of three subscales: (1) Physical Care (13 items), (2) Personal Development and Health (8 items), and (3) Dedicating Time to Play Activities (7 items). In our study, it will be completed by fathers.
Time frame
4-6 months2
Sensory processing
The Infant Sensory Profile-2 is a parent-administered questionnaire that documents the sensory processing patterns of infants from birth to 6 months. In this study, the questionnaire will be completed by mothers. It consists of 25 items assessing different aspects of sensory processing and takes 5-10 minutes to complete. Each item is scored between one and five. The scoring is as follows: Almost Always = 5, Frequently = 4, Sometimes = 3, Rarely = 2, Almost Never = 1, with a parameter of "Not Applicable = 0". There are 6 options. The sum of individual scores gives the raw score. The total raw score is classified as: "typical sensory processing" (41-61) and "atypical sensory processing" (0-40 or 62-125).
Time frame
4-6 monthsSponsors and contacts
Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.
Source ClinicalTrials.gov