Impact of Videoconference Updates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Parental Stress of Preterm Infants (VISIO-NEONAT)

Parent-Child Relations Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Daily Videoconference Updates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Parental Stress of Preterm Infants : a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03438071
• Other study ID #: VISIO-NEONAT
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 21, 2018
• Est. completion date: September 7, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Poitiers University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to test the effect of daily videoconference updates between parents of preterm newborns and health care providers which also offer them the possibility of seeing their child on the parental stress in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: September 7, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 18, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents with a preterm child born between 24 weeks and 34 weeks and 6 days of gestational age, hospitalized in our NICU during recrutment period

• Which agreed participating to the study after having complete information about it and sign a consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parents with a preterm child with another pathology than prematurity or with a lenght of stay in the NICU less than 7 days

• Parents refusing to participate to the study

• Parents not having videoconference equipment or internet access at home

• Parents not understanding or speaking good enough French.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression, Postpartum
• Neonatal Intensive Care Units
• Parent-Child Relations
• Parental Stress
• Post Partum Depression
• Premature Birth
• Preterm Infants
• Videoconferencing

Intervention

Other:
• Videoconferencing
Daily videoconference updates using Skype between parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU and the nurse taking care of their child, lasting 5 to 10 minutes, to check with her for the daily news and then see their child through the camera.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU DE Poitiers	Poitiers

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Poitiers University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level of stress of the mothers	Mean score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU (Parental Stressor Scale NICU), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups.	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month
Secondary	Level of stress of the fathers	Mean score of the fathers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU, measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups.	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month
Secondary	Parental stress evolution	Evolution of the PSS-NICU score of both parents between the inclusion in the study and the last evaluation before their child's discharge of the NICU, in the 2 groups.	From the date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month
Secondary	Post-partum depression rate of the mothers	Score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the EPDS (Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale), measured at the inclusion, at discharge and a month later, in the 2 groups.	Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Secondary	Quality of the relationship between the parents and their child	Mean score of both parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PBQ (Post-partum Bonding Questionnaire), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit and a month after his discharge, in the 2 groups.	Through study completion, an average of 2 months