Stress parental no período pós-parto: Adaptação do Parental Stress Inventory para a população portuguesa

Introduction Despite support for parenting being already recognised as a priority, there remains a paucity of evidence on how to facilitate its adoption in regular visits of maternal and child health primary care (PC). We describe the protocol for a study to assess the effect of an innovative universal Touchpoints-based intervention—‘Crescer em Grande!’ (CeG!) - when supporting the process of transition to parenthood and early infancy, at multiple PC units. Methods and analysis A cluster-randomised trial will be conducted in 12 PC units (clusters) from the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. Participants will be a minimum of three family physicians and one nurse/unit, as well as 216 expecting parents and future babies until 18 months who are using the PC services. Sites will be randomised to either the CeG! or usual care. The CeG! will consist of: (1) the integration of the Touchpoints approach in PC maternal and well-child visits, with the support of 28 leaflets for parents to file in a folder; plus (2) training for PC providers on how to perform the CeG! into existing practice. Parents will be required to fill in questionnaires at point throughout their child’s 18-month, mostly online. The primary outcome will be the self-perception of parental competence (Parenting Sense of Competence Scale). Other outcomes include: family functioning, couple dynamics, mental health, well-being/quality of life, psychological experience of pregnancy, attachment, child development. Acceptability, satisfaction and feasibility of CeG! will also be obtained from providers’ and parents’ perspectives. Costs associated with delivering the CeG! will be calculated. Study analyses will be under the principle of intention-to-treat. Ethics and dissemination Approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Regional Health Administration. The results will be shared with participants and disseminated via peer-reviewed published papers, presentations at scientific and professional conferences. Trial registration number NCT90692907

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“…PSI 62 —measures the level of parental stress specifically in the postnatal period.…”

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Parenting, child development and primary care—‘Crescer em Grande!’ intervention (CeG!) based on the Touchpoints approach: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol

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Father/baby Bonding: Impact of Vulnerability to Stress

Nelas¹,

Gandara²,

Chaves³

et al. 2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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The transition to parenthood is considered normal; however, it includes the need for parental adjustment. Sometimes this transition can be disturbing and induce high levels of stress. Our research question was How is bonding between the father and baby influenced by vulnerability to stress? We aimed To identify the establishment of bonding between father and baby and to analyze how their emotional involvement can be influenced by vulnerability to stress. Research Methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive-correlational and explanatory study, with a non-probabilistic convenience sample (N= 349 fathers), with a mean age of 31.84 years (SD= 6.067). Data is collected by a questionnaire applied up to 48 hours after birth, including socio-demographic, parent involvement and obstetric characterization, the Bonding Scale and the Vulnerability to Stress Scale -23 QVS. Younger participants, who became fathers for the first time, were involved in the pregnancy and spoke with the baby during the gestational period demonstrated higher levels of positive bonding. It is not clear that those who monitored labor and picked up the child after birth showed high levels of bonding. Functional inhibition and dependency is the only factor which predicts vulnerability to stress. Bonding is a complex process which may be influenced by context and degree of involvement during pregnancy and childbirth. Vulnerability to paternal stress is multidetermined and may be accentuated in this period of transition to parenthood. Encouragement by health professionals in the father's emotional involvement with the baby and in early detection of vulnerability to stress is pertinent.

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Stress parental no período pós-parto: Adaptação do Parental Stress Inventory para a população portuguesa

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Parenting, child development and primary care—‘Crescer em Grande!’ intervention (CeG!) based on the Touchpoints approach: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol

Parenting, child development and primary care—‘Crescer em Grande!’ intervention (CeG!) based on the Touchpoints approach: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol

Father/baby Bonding: Impact of Vulnerability to Stress

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