Liverpool Night-time Caregiving Study Phase I
25 November 2024
Gentle touch is beneficial for most full-term healthy infants and their mothers; research has shown it improves infants’ stress resilience and mothers’ depression scores. However, few studies have considered mother-infant touch during the night and how it relates to their sleeping arrangements and other mother-infant outcomes. This is a longitudinal online questionnaire study with three time points: one during the third trimester and two others at three and six months postpartum.
Requirements
- Pregnant (in 3rd trimester)
- 18-45 years of age
- UK resident
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Ethical approval
This study has received ethical approval from the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) and Liverpool John Moores University.
About the researcher
Ingrid Boedker is a PhD student in Psychology and Neuroscience at Liverpool John Moores University and a Visiting PhD Student in Anthropology at the University of Durham.
