NCT07401043

Mothers Anxiety About Preterm Infants Care

Completed NA Last updated 10 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Solution-Focused Approach (SFA) in Maternal Anxiety in 40 participants. Completed in 1 May 2020.

Timeline

20 September 2019

Primary endpoint
20 September 2019

1 May 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Nurcan Akgül Gündoğdu
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	40
Start date	20 September 2019
Primary completion	20 September 2019
Estimated completion	1 May 2020
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Solution-Focused Approach (SFA)

Conditions studied

• Maternal Anxiety — all drugs for Maternal Anxiety →

Sponsor

Nurcan Akgül Gündoğdu

Who can join

Adults 18 to 45, female only, with Maternal Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

It has been reported that mothers of preterm infants who experience anxiety face challenges in participating in infant care. However, the effect of solution-focused approach on reducing the anxiety of mothers of premature infants is unknown. This study was conducted to assess the effects of Solution-Focused Approach on the anxiety levels of mothers who are anxious about preterm infants care. A randomized controlled trial design. The present study was carried out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of three hospitals in a city center. In the study, the sample group was determined as 40 mothers, 20 of whom were interventions and 20 were control. In this study, eight 30-40minute solution-focused interviews were held with the participants in the intervention group subjected to the Solution Focused Approach. Of the mothers in the intervention group, 5% had triplet pregnancy, 75% gave birth by cesarean section, 80% had health problems during pregnancy and 95% did not receive training on infant care during pregnancy. The differences in scale scores obtained during follow-ups were greater in the intervention group than in the control group. It was determined that the intervention undergone by the mothers of the preterm infants in the intervention group decreased the mothers' anxiety levels about infant care and increased their solution-focused coping skills. Following the intervention, moms in the intervention group showed improvement in all of their self-perception skills about their care needs. The Solution-Focused Approach decreased state-trait anxiety levels of mothers who were anxious about preterm infant care, and improved their solution-focused coping skills. The Individual Solution-Focused Approach decreased state and trait anxiety levels of primiparous mothers who were anxious about preterm infant care, and improved their solution-focused coping skills. Nurses' application of this approach can reduce the anxiety levels of mothers who are worried about preterm infant care. It can contribute to mothers to develop a solution-focused perspective.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.