The effect of the educational program on Iranian premature infants' parental stress in neonatal intensive care unit: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.

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• Registration Number: IRCT2013121515810N1
• Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for research, shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Background: Hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) leads to a lot of stress and shock to the parents. Nurses, as the primary sources of information, could play an important role in reducing their stress. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational program on the premature infants’ parental stress in NICU.<br /> <br /> Methods: This double-blind randomized controlled trial study with a pre-and post-test and follow up design was conducted from February 2013 to March 2014. Sixty parents in Hazrat Zainab hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were randomly allocated into the intervention (received educational program) and control groups (received routine care). The valid and reliable ”Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU)“ was used to measure the parental stress. In the intervention group, information about general condition of the baby, the equipment and unit’s environment, spouse support, and problem solving strategies were given. The data were collected the second day after admission, fifth day after admission, and a week after the intervention. The data were analyzed in SPSS (Version 14), using t-test and repeated measures analysis of variance.<br /> <br /> Results: In the second day after admission, the mean score of stress in premature infants’ mothers and fathers in the intervention group were 94.79±14.28 and 76.77±16.39, respectively. In the control group, it was 94.48±20.03 and 92.30±21.95 for mothers and fathers. After the intervention in the fifth day of admission, a significant difference was observed between the two groups concerning the premature infants’ maternal (t=-5. 23, P

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1) age greater than 18 years, 2) mastered in the Persian language and reading and writing ability, 3) a minimum of 1 times to meet the baby and had seen the NICU, 4) during the past year they didn’t have the previous experience stressors, 5) they didn’t have the previous precedent of a child had been hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit, 6) according to their own statements they were not being treated with certain medications such as tranquilizers, anti-anxiety, 7) according to their own statements they didn’t have physical or mental problems which interfere the participation in the study and completion the questionnaire used in the study, 8) during participation in curriculum they were not participate in another program or intervention, 9) they were not one of the medical staff, 10) they were willing to participate in the study in addition they completed a consent form.
Exclusion criteria: 1) The parents want to leave the study, 2) The parents did not participate all of the educational meeting, 3) The parents had another stressor factors moreover than inclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress. Timepoint: 2days after admition,after intervention,1week after intervention. Method of measurement: Parental Stress Scale.