Mother-very preterm infant relationship quality: RCT of baby triple p

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Evans, Tracey, Boyd, Roslyn N., Colditz, Paul, Sanders, Matthew and Whittingham, Koa. (2017). Mother-very preterm infant relationship quality: RCT of baby triple p. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 26(1), pp. 284 - 295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0555-x
AuthorsEvans, Tracey, Boyd, Roslyn N., Colditz, Paul, Sanders, Matthew and Whittingham, Koa
Abstract

This study examined intervention outcomes for mothers and their preterm infants. The objective was to evaluate the effects of the parenting intervention Baby Triple P ( BTP ) for parents’ of very preterm infants ( < 32-weeks gestational age ), on the quality of the mother–infant relationship and a mother’s attachment and responsiveness to her infant at 6-weeks and 12-months corrected-age. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 120 families being randomly assigned to the BTP or Care as Usual groups. The primary outcome was the quality of the mother-very preterm infant relationship which was evaluated in a mother-infant observation and measured by the Emotional Availability Scales. Secondary outcomes were maternal attachment as measured by the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale and maternal responsiveness as measured by the Maternal Infant Responsiveness Instrument. The results showed that at 6-weeks corrected-age, no significant differences were found between groups on the outcome measures. At 12-months corrected-age, the Care as Usual mothers scored significantly higher for self-reported maternal attachment compared to the BTP mothers. This study found no evidence that BTP improved the quality of the mother-very preterm infant relationship, maternal attachment or responsiveness at 6-weeks corrected-age or 12-months corrected-age. Results will be examined at 24-months corrected-age to determine if BTP impacts on child behavior, emotional problems, cognitive development, language and motor abilities.

Keywordspreterm infant; maternal attachment; maternal responsiveness; mother-preterm infant relationship
Year2017
JournalJournal of Child and Family Studies
Journal citation26 (1), pp. 284 - 295
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
ISSN1062-1024
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0555-x
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84988591352
Page range284 - 295
Research GroupSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
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© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Place of publicationUnited States of America
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