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

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.

NCT Number	NCT07248215
Lead Sponsor	Çankırı Karatekin University
Conditions	Social Support, Spouse, Self Efficacy, FATHER
Enrollment	70 participants
Start Date	2025-06-15
Primary Completion	2025-12-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-12-26 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-01-02