Comfortable Babies and Comforting Parents

Completed

• Conditions: ICU-related stress for parents; Pregnancy and Childbirth; NICU-related stress for parents

• Registration Number: ISRCTN87094922
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

1. All parents of infants admitted to the NICUs who were over 16 years of age
2. All parents who could read and speak English

Exclusion Criteria

1. Parents with documented psychological or psychiatric conditions
2. Parents of those infants expected to be transferred to another hospital within 10 days of admission

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Parent Stressor Scale: NICU (PSS:NICU) (Miles, 1998)- A measure of NICU-related stress, 47-item self-report scale. <br>1.1. Scores range 1-5, for each item <br>0 = not applicable<br>higher mean score indicate higher overall stress<br><br>1.2. Subscale scores in 4 dimensions: <br>Infant appearance<br>Parental role alteration<br>NICU environment<br>Staff communication