Impact of Premature Childbirth on Parental Outcomes During Baby's NICU Stay and Beyond: "Preterm Parents" Study on Polish Cohort
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Premature Birth
- Sponsor
- University of Gdansk
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Bonding between primary caregiver and infant
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The main objective of this project is examining whether there is a relationship between preterm delivery and parental' problematic emotional bond in the early postpartum period.
The secondary outcomes are as follows:
- To evaluate whether there are any differences and similarities between fathers' and mothers' level of parental bonding, stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms in case of premature birth.
- To evaluate whether there is a relationship between preterm delivery and the persistence of maternal' problematic emotional bond three months after childbirth.
- To indicate what kind of predictors might affect the parental' problematic bond in the early postpartum period.
Investigators
Łucja Bieleninik
Assistant Professor
University of Gdansk
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parents of children born below the 37th week of pregnancy (clinical group) or above the 37th week of pregnancy (control group) hospitalised in a neonatal setting during recruitment period
- •Which agreed participating to the study after having complete information about it and sign a consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Parents may not participate in the study if one of them suffers from a serious mental illness.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Bonding between primary caregiver and infant
Time Frame: From date of admitted to a NICU until discharge from hospital, assessed up to 7 days after delivery
Mean score of both parents of preterm babies hospitalized in NICU and parent of full-term babies on Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ). Total score of the PBQ, a parent-rated screening instrument for disorders of the early parent-infant relationship consisting of 25 statements on a six-point Likert scale (each 0-5; sum score ranging from 0 to 125; high = problematic).
Secondary Outcomes
- Parental anxiety(From date of admitted to a NICU until discharge from hospital, assessed up to 7 days after delivery)
- Parental stress(From date of admitted to a NICU until discharge from hospital, assessed up to 7 days after delivery)
- Bonding between mother and infant(Through study completion, an average of 3 months)
- Parental depression(From date of admitted to a NICU until discharge from hospital, assessed up to 7 days after delivery)