Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2017
Video feedback promotes relations between infants and vulnerable first-time mothers: a quasi-experimental study.
Trial report in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01799447 (The Relations Between Infants and Vulnerable First Time Mothers. Does Video Guidances With the Marte Meo Method Promote the Process? Intervention Study in a Community Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Relations Between Infants and Vulnerable First Time Mothers. Does Video Guidances With the Marte Meo Method Promote the Process? Intervention Study in a Community Setting
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother-infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect.Infant mental health journal · 2022Pooled it
- What are the effects of supporting early parenting by newborn behavioral observations (NBO)? A cluster randomised trial.BMC psychology · 2020Trial
- What are the effects of supporting early parenting by enhancing parents' understanding of the infant? Study protocol for a cluster-randomized community-based trial of the Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) method.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Video-Feedback Interventions Focusing on the Mother-Child Relationship: A Systematic Review of Program Characteristics, Evidence, and Outcomes in Early Childhood.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- A Brief Online Mentalization-Based Video-Feedback Intervention (VFI-RF) for Mother-Infant Interaction in Postnatal Risk Conditions: Protocol for a Multicenter Single-Arm Feasibility Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Enhancing Parent-Child Interaction and Self-Efficacy in Motor Skills Development for Young Children with Developmental Delays.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing characteristics of mother-infant dyadic synchrony among vulnerable mothers using the Infant CARE-Index.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
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- Parent-child Relationship Outcomes of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2022Article
- Effect of Infant Care Training on Maternal Bonding, Motherhood Self-Efficacy, and Self-Confidence in Mothers of Preterm Newborns.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Learning to mentalize: Exploring vulnerable parents' experiences of change during video guidance in an infant mental health clinic.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Like Taking a Magnifying Glass Into Everyday Life: Vulnerable Parents' Experiences With Video Guidance in an Infant Mental Health Clinic.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Evidence and Open Questions for the Use of Video-Feedback Interventions With Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Review
- Maternal confidence after birth in at-risk and not-at-risk mothers: internal and external validity of the Danish version of the Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS).Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSupporting early mother-infant relationships to ensure infants' future health has been recommended. The aim of this study was to investigate whether video feedback using the Marte Meo method promotes a healthy early relationship between infants and vulnerable first-time mothers. Video feedback or usual care was delivered by health visitors during home visits in Danish municipalities.
methodsThis quasi-experimental study included pre- and post-tests of 278 vulnerable families. Mothers were allocated to an intervention group (n = 69), a comparison group (n = 209) and an exactly matched video subsample from the comparison group (n = 63). Data consisted of self-reported questionnaires and video recordings of mother-infant interactions. Outcomes were mother-infant dyadic synchrony (CARE-Index), maternal confidence (KPCS), parental stress (PSS), maternal mood (EPDS) and infant socialemotional behaviours (ASQ:SE). The data were analysed using descriptive and linear multiple regression analysis.
resultsThe levels of dyadic synchrony in the intervention group had significantly improved (p < 0.001) at follow-up with a mean score of 9.51 (95%CI;8.93-10.09) compared with 7.62 (95%CI;7.03-8.21). The intervention group also showed a higher level of maternal sensitivity with a mean score of 9.55 (95%CI;8.96-10.14) compared with 7.83 (95%CI;7.19-8.46) in the matched video subsample (p < 0.001). With respect to infant cooperation, similar improvements were found with a mean score of 9.43 (95% CI;8.88-9.99) in the intervention group compared with 7.73 (95%CI;7.13-8.33) in the matched video subsample from the comparison group (p < 0.001). Furthermore, mothers in the intervention group reported significantly lower levels of parental stress with a mean score of 32.04 (95%CI;30.13-33.94) compared with 35.29 (95%CI;34.07-36.52) in the comparison group (p = 0.03), as well as higher levels of maternal confidence with a mean score of 41.10 (95%CI;40.22-41.98) compared with 40.10 (95%CI;39.65-40.56) in the comparison group (p = 0.04). No significant differences were found in EPDS and ASQ:SE.
conclusionThe findings support the assumption that video feedback using the Marte Meo method early after birth may strengthen the relationship between infants and vulnerable firsttime mothers as well as improve maternal psychosocial functioning. Further research applying random assignment is needed to strengthen these conclusions; further research is also needed to assess any long term effects of the video feedback intervention using the Marte Meo method.
trial registrationThis study was registered on 24 January 2013 in ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier: NCT01799447 .
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