The Effect of Nature Images Accompanied by Music on Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Satisfaction and Maternal Attachment"

The Effect of the Use of Natural Landscape Pictures Accompanied by Music on Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Satisfaction and Maternal Attachment to Lactation-Period Mothers During Breastfeeding

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of using natural landscape pictures accompanied by music during breastfeeding for lactating mothers on breastfeeding, breastfeeding satisfaction and maternal attachment.

This research is planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of using natural landscape pictures accompanied by music during breastfeeding on breastfeeding, breastfeeding satisfaction, and maternal attachment in lactating mothers.

The research will be conducted with primiparous mothers who apply to Adıyaman University Training and Research Hospital Gynecology clinics between January 2024 and August 2024 and meet the inclusion criteria. The study will include a total of 90 participants, divided into one intervention group and one control group.

As a pre-test, the Socio-Demographic Data Survey, LATCH Breastfeeding Diagnosis and Evaluation Scale, Visual Analogue Scale for Satisfaction Evaluation, and Maternal Attachment Scale will be administered to mothers who have just given birth at the clinic. Both groups will receive breastfeeding education.

For the intervention group, mothers will watch nature scene pictures accompanied by music prepared by the researcher. This will be done once in the hospital, once during a home visit after discharge, and then daily at home, with the researcher checking in by phone to ensure the mothers watch the scenes eight more times. The intervention will be conducted a total of 10 times.

Finally, the data collection phase will be completed by administering the post-test surveys to both groups.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the research
• Being over 18 years old
• Being at least a primary school graduate
• Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disease
• Without mental disability
• Turkish speakers and those who do not have communication problems
• Primiparous mothers
• The mother does not have any problems that would prevent her from breastfeeding (e.g., nipple cracks)
• The child is not premature
• Mothers who gave birth at term
• The baby is not low birth weight
• Mothers who do not have any problems that would prevent the baby from breastfeeding

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being illiterate
• Being under 18 years old
• Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness
• Having mental disability and communication problems
• Those who do not speak Turkish and have communication problems
• Non-primiparous mothers
• The mother has any problems that may prevent her from breastfeeding (e.g., nipple cracks)
• Having a premature baby
• Mothers who did not give birth at term
• Low birth weight of the baby
• Mothers who have any problems that may prevent the baby from breastfeeding