Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care and Infants' Development
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: The Infant Sensory Profile-2, Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Infant Behavior, Father - Child Relations. Basic parameters: 4 months — 6 months · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care and Infants' Sensory Processing
Overview
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.
Detailed description
Research shows that fathers' active participation in infant care positively impacts children's psychological, cognitive, social, and behavioral development. Mothers must encourage shared care between fathers and infants from the very beginning by providing opportunities for fathers to actively participate. Previous studies evaluating fathers' active involvement and infant development have shown that fathers report feeling a strong bond with their infants from birth, and infants show higher levels of motor, language, and personal/social development. However, no studies have been found that examine the relationship between infant sensory processing skills and the father's active involvement in infant care. 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. Therefore, this study aims to determine the relationship between fathers' involvement in infant care and infants' sensory processing.
Interventions
- Behavioral The Infant Sensory Profile-2
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 App - Behavioral Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care
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.
Primary outcome measures
- Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care Questionnaire [Time frame: 4-6 months]
- Sensory processing [Time frame: 4-6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Term infants (37-40 weeks),
- Infants aged 4-6 months
Exclusion criteria
- 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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Nigde Omer Halisdemir University — Niğde
Publications
- Kim MA, Kim SJ, Cho H. Effects of tactile stimulation by fathers on physiological responses and paternal attachment in infants in the NICU: A pilot study. J Child Health Care. 2017 Mar;21(1):36-45. doi: 10.1177/1367493516666729. Epub 2016 Sep 22. PMID 27659762
- Hall RA, De Waard IE, Tooten A, Hoffenkamp HN, Vingerhoets AJ, van Bakel HJ. From the father's point of view: how father's representations of the infant impact on father-infant interaction and infant development. Early Hum Dev. 2014 Dec;90(12):877-83. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.09.010. Epub 2014 Oct 21. PMID 25463835
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07627126 · Fathers' Involvement in Infant