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Improving New Parents' Understanding of a Trial. The INPUT Study.

Not Applicable
Conditions
nderstanding of clinical trials
Anxiety about clinical trials
Willingness to participate in clinical trials
Understanding of clinical trials
Public Health - Health promotion/education
Registration Number
ACTRN12613001381774
Lead Sponsor
Professor William Odita Tarnow-Mordi
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Eligible participants must fulfill at least one of the following criteria:
(i) Pregnant women in the antenatal ward with a potential preterm pregnancy and their partners,
(ii) Parents whose babies are in the NICU or Special Care Nursery receiving CPAP or less.

Women aged 18 - 49 years
Men aged >18 years

Exclusion Criteria

People whose primary language is other than English (LOTE)
Children and/or young people (ie. <18 years)
People who clinicians identify as unsuitable for the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Parents' level of understanding of the hypothetical clinical trial will be measured using a previously validated questionnaire (Porteri et al, 2009) adapted for use in parents of newborn infants. [During completion of a 30 minute face to face questionnaire immediately after reading the information leaflet.]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Parents' level of anxiety will be measured using the previously validated State­ Trait Anxiety Inventory State (Spielberger et al, 1977; O'Brien et al, 2013). [During completion of a 30 minute face to face questionnaire immediately after reading the information leaflet.];Parents' willingness to participate in the hypothetical clinical trial will be measured on a five part Likert Scale ranging from very unlikely to participate to very likely to participate.[During completion of a 30 minute face to face questionnaire immediately after reading the information leaflet.]
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