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The Effect of Newborn Basic Care Training Provided to Prospective Fathers Via a Website on Self-Efficacy and Perceptions of Spousal Support During Pregnancy

A study testing Web Group in people with Social Support and Spouse, run by Çankırı Karatekin University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Support programs and training should be provided to parents by healthcare professionals, especially neonatal nurses and midwives, in line with these basic newborn care needs. Fathers, in particular, express a greater need for training because they feel less competent than mothers in newborn care. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Social Support, Spouse, Self Efficacy
What is being tested?
Web Group
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
70 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
15 Jun 2025to 26 Dec 2025
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • The study required the following criteria for participating fathers:
  • Their wife's pregnancy was in the third trimester
  • They were over 18 and under 50
  • They agreed to participate in the study and signed the voluntary consent form
  • They had internet access on their phone
  • They knew how to use a telephone
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  • They could read and understand Turkish
  • They were oriented to place, time, and person
  • They had no problems with their wife's pregnancy
  • They had no communication or visual impairments.
  • The study included mothers who were:
  • Pregnant women were included if they:
  • were over 18 but under 50 years old
  • were in their third trimester of pregnancy
  • agreed to participate in the study and signed the voluntary consent form
  • knew how to use a telephone and had internet access on their phone
  • could read and understand Turkish
  • were oriented to place, time, and person
  • had no communication or visual impairments.

Who cannot join

  • participated in the study but did not wish to continue in the future
  • had a child or spouse develop a health problem during the study period
  • did not visit the website during their wife's pregnancy or did not follow the practices.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ Hemşirelik Bölümü

    Çankırı, Çankırı Merkez, 18100

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About this study

Support programs and training should be provided to parents by healthcare professionals, especially neonatal nurses and midwives, in line with these basic newborn care needs. Fathers, in particular, express a greater need for training because they feel less competent than mothers in newborn care. The concept of self-efficacy was first introduced by Bandura and defined as "individuals' beliefs in their capacity to organize and perform the actions necessary to perform assigned tasks". Self-efficacy is, in another definition, the belief that individuals have in themselves in the face of any situation they encounter, and these self-efficacy beliefs vary from situation to situation. If individuals have low self-efficacy, they will not find themselves competent in the situation they encounter and may not be able to do the task even if they have the capacity to do it. In this context, low self-efficacy levels of fathers in newborn care negatively affect their participation in care. During the prenatal period, expectant fathers' participation in childbirth preparation training and spending time with their partners allows them to focus on the baby and their partner's pregnancy. While the literature explores the emotions and experiences of pregnant women, studies on expectant fathers' cooperation during pregnancy, their self-efficacy for baby care, and their perception of spousal support are scarce. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of basic newborn care training provided to expectant fathers with pregnant wives via a website on expectant fathers' self-efficacy and their wives' perception of spousal support during pregnancy.

Read the detailed description

The neonatal period encompasses the first 28 days after birth. Babies born between 38 and 42 weeks are classified as term newborns, those born before 37 weeks as premature babies, and those born after 42 weeks as postmature babies. The newborn must experience physiological changes and adaptation in their body systems with birth. While completely dependent on the placenta for gas exchange, thermoregulation, nutrition, and excretion of metabolic products during the intrauterine period, they perform these functions independently after birth. However, because the newborn's systems are not fully developed like those of adults, they have difficulty performing these functions in the first days, and deviations from normal can occur within a short time. Therefore, ensuring and maintaining hemostasis in newborns is one of the primary goals of neonatal care. A baby's health and quality of care during the intrauterine, birth, and neonatal period affect their entire life. Therefore, a healthy newborn period, from birth to the intrauterine period, and optimally meeting their care needs will lay the foundation for the rest of their life. The most important of these care needs relate to the newborn's hygiene, safety, and nutrition. Support programs and training should be provided to parents by healthcare professionals, especially neonatal nurses and midwives, in line with these basic newborn care needs. Fathers, in particular, express a greater need for training because they feel less competent than mothers in newborn care. The concept of self-efficacy was first introduced by Bandura and defined as "individuals' beliefs in their capacity to organize and perform the actions necessary to perform assigned tasks". Self-efficacy is, in another definition, the belief that individuals have in themselves in the face of any situation they encounter, and these self-efficacy beliefs vary from situation to situation. If individuals have low self-efficacy, they will not find themselves competent in the situation they encounter and may not be able to do the task even if they have the capacity to do it. In this context, low self-efficacy levels of fathers in newborn care negatively affect their participation in care. Another study found that the self-efficacy levels of mothers and fathers in the intervention group improved after newborn care and parenting preparation training provided to parents in the early period through a mobile health application. Therefore, it is extremely important that fathers who care for newborns receive various trainings to increase their knowledge and skills about newborn care before and immediately after birth. During the prenatal period, expectant fathers' participation in childbirth preparation training and spending time with their partners allows them to focus on the baby and their partner's pregnancy. Furthermore, it has been reported that supporting their partners during pregnancy has a positive effect on the baby's cortisol levels in the intrauterine period and has a protective effect on the baby's health. It is emphasized that pregnant women often need spousal support during pregnancy and birth, that spousal support makes pregnancy less stressful, and that failure to provide adequate spousal support when needed can lead to irreversible problems. It has been reported that low perception of spousal support during pregnancy is associated with neonatal outcomes such as newborn weight, neonatal distress, and prematurity, and that it negatively affects mother-infant bonding and breastfeeding. While the literature explores the emotions and experiences of pregnant women, studies on expectant fathers' cooperation during pregnancy, their self-efficacy for baby care, and their perception of spousal support are scarce. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of basic newborn care training provided to expectant fathers with pregnant wives via a website on expectant fathers' self-efficacy and their wives' perception of spousal support during pregnancy.

H11: Basic newborn care education provided to expectant fathers through the website has a positive effect on fathers' self-efficacy.

H21: Basic newborn care education provided to expectant fathers through the website has a positive effect on expectant mothers' perception of spousal support during pregnancy.

Being tested
Web Group
Keywords
spousal, social support, newborn, father, self- efficacy

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Web GroupBehavioural

    Fathers who agree to participate in the study will attend routine follow-up and training provided by the midwifery school during data collection, and then participate in baby care training provided by the researcher. These training sessions will be provided within the last three months of pregnancy for fathers whose wives are in their last trimester. This will allow the prospective fathers to learn how to use the website and log in for the first time under the researcher's guidance.

Study groups in NCT07248215
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
WebsiteExperimentalIn this study, a website called "https://www.bebeklerinbakimi.com/" was created, consisting of scale items developed using literature reviews, research results, evidence-based practice guidelines, and videos prepared in accordance with the booklet.
Receives: Behavioral: Web Group
Routine CareNo interventionThe researcher will not perform any neonatal care interventions in this group; they will continue to receive routine care at the midwifery school.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Personal Information Form

    The Personal Information Form was developed by the researcher for both expectant fathers and expectant mothers by reviewing relevant literature. The form for expectant fathers consists of eight open-ended and closed-ended questions inquiring about fathers' socio-demographic and paternal characteristics. The form for expectant mothers consists of six open-ended and closed-ended questions inquiring about fathers' socio-demographic and paternal characteristics.

    Measured: Before starting the study

  2. Fathers' Newborn Care Self-Efficacy Scale (BYBÖÖ)

    Ergün Arslanlı et al. (2024) developed the scale, which consists of three subscales (Hygiene, Safety, and Nutrition) and 17 items safety, and nutrition. The scale is a five-point Likert-type scale, with scores ranging from 17 to 85. Higher scores indicate higher father self-efficacy in basic newborn care.

    Measured: The researcher administers the Fathers' Newborn Care Self-Efficacy Scale (FNSS) as a pre-test at the beginning of the study; the same scales are administered again at 3 months to collect post-test data.

  3. Perception of Spousal Support During Pregnancy Scale (GEDAÖ)

    The scale consists of 16 items and three subscales. It can be used in studies with normal and high-risk pregnancies. The lowest possible score from the sixteen-item scale is 16, and the highest is 80. High scores on the scale should be interpreted as indicating high perceived spousal support during pregnancy, while low scores should be interpreted as indicating low perceived spousal support.

    Measured: The researcher administers the Fathers' Newborn Care Self-Efficacy Scale (FNSS) as a pre-test at the beginning of the study; the same scales are administered again at 3 months to collect post-test data.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Nov 2025
  2. Study start15 Jun 2025
  3. Primary completion1 Dec 2025
  4. Study completion26 Dec 2025

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This research will be conducted as a prospective pretest-posttest, two-group (1:1), randomized controlled experimental design.In the study, expectant fathers and pregnant women will be assigned to experimental and control groups using the block randomization method. The block randomization process was conducted via the website https://www.randomizer.org/. Within the scope of block randomization, 35 separate blocks were initially created, with two individuals in each group. The assignment of individuals within the blocks to the case and control groups was based on random numbers generated by https://www.randomizer.org/. For example, in this table, the first couple who met the study inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate was assigned to the experimental group, the second couple to the control group, the third couple to the expert are blinded during data analysis and group assignment.
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
70 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07248215
Sponsor's protocol ID
CankırıKaratekinUniversity
Acronym
ENBC-T
Status last verified
Dec 2025
First submitted
18 Nov 2025
Last updated
2 Jan 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Shorey S, Ng YPM, Siew AL, Yoong J, Morelius E. Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Supportive Educational Parenting Program on Parental Outcomes in Singapore: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jan 10;7(1):e4. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8062.

    PubMed 29321127
  • Shorey S, Dennis CL, Bridge S, Chong YS, Holroyd E, He HG. First-time fathers' postnatal experiences and support needs: A descriptive qualitative study. J Adv Nurs. 2017 Dec;73(12):2987-2996. doi: 10.1111/jan.13349. Epub 2017 Jun 21.

    PubMed 28557020
  • Ergun Arslanli S, Celebioglu A, Celik I, Uzun NB. Development and Psychometric Testing of the Fathers' Self-Efficacy Scale for Newborn Care. Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). 2024 May;18(2):97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2024.04.001. Epub 2024 Apr 26.

    PubMed 38677473

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Web Group in people with Social Support and Spouse, run by Çankırı Karatekin University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 19 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Personal Information Form (time frame: Before starting the study). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07248215, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Jan 2026.

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