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Can prenatal teaching promote maternal attachment? Practicing nurses test Carter-Jessop's prenatal attachment intervention |
Carson K, Virden S |
Health Care for Women International 1984;5(5-6):355-369 |
clinical trial |
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed* |
A study testing the Carter-Jessop prenatal attachment intervention was conducted by practicing public health nurses to determine if teaching fetal palpation and massage during the third trimester of pregnancy would show a relationship to maternal attachment behaviors postpartum. The sample consisted of 69 primiparas and multiparas from a low-income, multi-ethnic population. Unlike Carter-Jessop's findings, no significant relationships were found between the prenatal intervention and maternal behaviors postpartum. There were significant differences in the frequencies of total attachment behaviors observed between caucasian and black mothers indicating a need for further investigation about possible cultural differences in attachment behaviors. The discrepancy between these findings and those of Carter-Jessop underscores the importance of not generalizing findings to populations not studied.
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