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COMMUNICATING PROGNOSIS TO PARENTS IN THE NEONATAL ICU: OPTIMISTIC VS. PESSIMISTIC

Not Applicable
Conditions
Parents of premature infants
Registration Number
DRKS00024466
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsmedizin Mainz
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
153
Inclusion Criteria

Parents of former premature infants (BW < 1500 g and birth after december 31st, 2009)
- Postnatal treatment of the premtaure infant(s) at the University Medical Center oft he Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- (Assistant) physicians with at least 6 months of professional experience in a/the NICU

Exclusion Criteria

- Absent consent/assent
- Insufficient knowledge of German language
- Acute, severe psychiatric condition/disease

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Parental preference with regard to the manner of prognostic disclosure:<br>a. Parental preference for video B or A (dichotomous question with 1 = first video and 2 = second video).<br>b. Rating of the desired level of optimism when an unfavorable prognosis is conveyed (unimodal, fully verbalized 7-point rating scale from 1 = not at all optimistic to 7 = very optimistic). <br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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