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

Completed

• Conditions: Parent-Child Relations; Post Partum Depression; Preterm Infants; Parental Stress; Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Videoconferencing
• Interventions: Other: Videoconferencing

• Registration Number: NCT03438071
• Lead Sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital

Brief 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).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-02-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-02-15
• Study First Posted: 2018-02-19
• Study Start: 2018-02-21
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-18
• Study Completion: 2018-09-07
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Videoconference group	Videoconferencing	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of stress of the mothers	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of the relationship between the parents and their child	Through study completion, an average of 2 months	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.
Level of stress of the fathers	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month	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.
Parental stress evolution	From the date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month	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.
Post-partum depression rate of the mothers	Through study completion, an average of 2 months	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU DE Poitiers; 🇫🇷 Poitiers, France