The Mother in Norway Study
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age16+
SponsorOslo Metropolitan University
About this trial
The Norwegian government is implementing the Nurse Family Partnership program (NFP) to combat child abuse and social inequality. This study will examine NFP with an individually randomized controlled parallel-group trial. The study will enroll 700 mothers over three years, with half receiving NFP services and the other half receiving standard care. The primary outcome is violence towards mothers and their children, assessed through questionnaires and observation tests. The study will also evaluate the program's effects on various health-related outcomes using administrative data. Cost-effectiveness analyses will be conducted to compare NFP to existing services and improve its delivery efficiency.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Nurse-Family Partnership
BehavioralNurse-Family Partnership is a prenatal and infancy home visiting program providing regular visits to first-time mothers until the child is two years old
Treatment groups
700 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Treatment-NFPExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Domestic violence (change is being assessed)
Composite Abuse Scale - Revised Short Form (CASr-SF). Items are scored on a scale ranging from 1-5, where higher scores indicate worse outcomes
Time frame
baseline, in last trimester, at 6, 12 and 24 months postpartum2
Child maltreatment (change is being assessed)
Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAPI). Items are scored on a dichotomous range (agree/disagree), where higher scores indicate better outcomes
Time frame
at 12 and 24 months postpartum3
Child welfare service reports
Total number of reports to the child welfare service due to violence since birth
Time frame
24 months postpartum4
Child welfare service measures
Total number of provided measures and care takeovers due to violence since birth
Time frame
24 months postpartumSecondary outcomes
1
Parental skills (change is being assessed)
Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC). Items are scored on a scale ranging from 1-6, where higher scores indicate better outcomes
Time frame
at 6, 12 and 24 months postpartum2
Interaction between mother and child
Emotional Availability Scale. Items are scored on a scale ranging from 1-7, where higher scores indicate better outcomes
Time frame
at 12 months postpartum3
Self-Efficacy (change is being assessed)
General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE). Items are scored on a scale ranging from 1-4, where higher scores indicate better outcomes
Time frame
at baseline, and at 6, 12 and 24 months postpartum4
Parental Locus of Control (change is being assessed)
Parental locus of control (PLOC). Items are scored on a scale ranging from 1-5, where lower scores indicating internal control and higher scores indicating external control
Time frame
at 6, 12 and 24 months postpartumSponsors and contacts
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Oslo Metropolitan University
Lead sponsor
University of Oslo
Collaborator
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Collaborator
The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs
Collaborator
Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
Collaborator
Regional centre for children and youth mental health and welfare
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov