Post-partum Care in the NICU
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Postpartum Period
- Interventions
- Other: Doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care
- Registration Number
- NCT05510284
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brief Summary
This is a pilot randomized control trial to demonstrate the feasibility of a novel model of dyad-centered, doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care located in the NICU in a large urban hospital.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 37
Inclusion Criteria
- Preterm birth <34 weeks
- Signed medical record release form
Exclusion Criteria
- Unable to read or sign informed consent
- If the medical team believes that the infant may die or be transferred to another hospital in upcoming weeks
- PI Discretion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Doula Coordinated-Care Arm Doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care Postpartum care will be doula-coordinated. The doula will meet with the mother at least once a week during their infant's NICU stay, with a minimum of 3 meetings. Participants will be given the option of seeing the study nurse midwife or their own provider. If the participant opts to see the nurse midwife, they can meet in a private office located in the NICU. The doula, as typical of the doula role, will coordinate any needed community services in the transition to home.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to receipt of postpartum care birth until 6 weeks post-partum To be analyzed using a wilcoxin rank sum test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Receipt of Postpartum care birth until 6 weeks post-partum Binary (yes/no), fishers exact test
Comparison of effectiveness of intervention for mothers with infants less than 29 weeks gestational age vs those 29 weeks or older. birth until 6 weeks post-partum Time to receipt of postpartum care will be compared between mothers with infants with a gestational age of less than or equal to 28 6/7 weeks vs a gestational age greater than or equal to 29 weeks
Comparison of effectiveness of intervention for mothers with public vs private insurance birth until 6 weeks post-partum Time to receipt of postpartum care will be compared between mothers with public vs private insurance
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States