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Study NCT ID: NCT06647875
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: None
First Post: 2024-10-16

Brief Title: Complementary Feeding Education Fathers
Sponsor: None
Organization: None

Study Overview

Official Title: The Impact of Complementary Feeding Education Given to Fathers on Father-Infant Relationship and Infant Feeding Behavior
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of complementary feeding education provided to fathers on father-infant bonding and infant feeding behavior To assess father-infant bonding the study will use the Father-Infant Bonding Scale and the Karitane Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale For assessing infant feeding behavior the Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale will be employed These scales will be administered to participants both before and 3 months after the training
Detailed Description: The study aims to investigate the effects of complementary feeding education provided to fathers on father-infant bonding and infant feeding behavior

This prospective non-randomized controlled study was conducted with the parents of 6-month-old infants followed up at the Child Health Monitoring Polyclinic of the Department of Social Pediatrics Department of Child Health and Diseases Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Istanbul University After being informed about the study and giving written consent the parents of the infants included in the study were stratified according to the fathers education level birth order of the child and self-efficacy scale scores and then in order of admission to hospital assigned to the study and control groups Infants born at term exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months without chronic diseases and whose parents lived together were included in the study Exclusion criteria included food allergy developmental milestones not appropriate for age known swallowing dysfunction psychiatric illness of either parent a chronic illness in a sibling adoption and refusal to give consent

During the 6-month check-up parents who agreed to participate in the study completed a demographic questionnaire the Karitane Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale KPSCS the Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale BPFAS the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 GAD-7 scale The Father-Infant Bonding Scale FIB Scale was administered only to fathers during the same examination

In the study group both mothers and fathers received complementary feeding education while in the control group only mothers received the education The education was based on the WHO Guideline for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children 6-23 Months of Age and was delivered both in-person and via tablet To make the education more understandable infographics and visuals prepared using the WHO Guideline for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children 6-23 Months of Age and the Basic Information for Families on Child Health and Safety in the First 5 Years booklet of the Child Health Association At the end of the training participants were given a booklet containing the infographics from the Basic Information for Families on Child Health and Safety in the First 5 Years booklet of the TChild Health Association

At the 9-month follow-up the KPSCS EPDS BPFAS and GAD-7 scales were administered to both mothers and fathers and the FIB Scale was administered only to fathers

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
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