Effects of health promotion program on maternal attachment, parenting self-efficacy, infant development: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

This study was designed to test the efficacy of the health promotion program used on maternal-infant attachment, parental self-efficacy, infant development. For this experimental study parallel-group rand-omised control design was used. Data was collected from 64 mother and their infants. The intervention group received the health promotion program in addition to standard care, the control group received only the standard care. Family Information Form, Prenatal Attachment Inventory, Maternal Attachment Inventory, Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale, and Denver II Developmental Screening Tests were used for the collection of the data. Pearson v2 test, Yates corrected v2 test, independent t-test, and Mcnemar test were used for analysing the collected data. The groups on maternal-infant attachment (d:1.20 [CI:0.671–1.736]), parental self-efficacy (d:1.37 [CI:0.835 to 1.925]), and development delays of infants (p¼.003, C.V: 0.41) were found to be statistically significant. Health promotion program positively influ-enced the maternal attachment, parental self-efficacy, the development of the infants.