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The goal of this randomized control trial is to find out the effects of infant abdominal massage on postnatal stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong with babies under 1 year old. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare wait-listed control group to see if there is any change on their parental stress level
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Wait-listed Control | Active Comparator | wait-listed control group will be put on wait list and receive abdominal massage class training on week 4 (posttest) |
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| Intervention (Receive abdominal massage training) | Experimental | Intervention group will receive abdominal massage training class and they will perform abdominal massage on their baby for 4 week. Parental stress level will be assessed on week 0 and week 4 |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Abdominal massage training | Other | please refer to group description |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Parental stress level | is parenting stress which was assessed by the parental stress scale of the Chinese version of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) (4th version) with 3 subscales: Difficult child (DC), Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) Total Score: 36-180 ( Higher score implies higher parental stress level) | week 4 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Difficult child | Difficult child (DC) which is one of the subscales of PSI-SF Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome) | week 4 |
| Parental distress & Parent-child dysfunctional interaction |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 39342220 | Derived | Lai VSK, Fong DYT. The effects of infant abdominal massage on the parental stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong - A mixed clustered RCT. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Sep 28;24(1):342. doi: 10.1186/s12906-024-04636-6. |
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Parental distress (PD) and Parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) which are the other two subscales of PSI-SF
Each Subscale score: 12-60 (Higher score mean a worse outcome)
| week 4 |
| Difference in parental stress with the presence of partner participation | Difference in total parental stress level (PSI-SF) with the presence of partner participation to join the massage training class | week 4 |
| Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention | Correlation between parental stress and self-reported compliance of the intervention | week 4 |