Discharge Intervention on Readiness of Parents

Phase 3

Recruiting

Conditions: The current study is relevant to neonates health improvement, by conducting a program that prepare parents for neonates discharge..

Registration Number: IRCT20231015059726N1

Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 106

Inclusion Criteria

Parents of preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 37 weeks
Parents are main caregivers of preterm infants after discharge from hospital
Literate (at least elementary school education and above) parents of preterm infants
Parents with at least 18 years of age
Home as the child’s discharge destination
Parents, who are mentally stable and in fair condition based on parent self-report and review their medical records by researcher
24 hours post-delivery at intervention medical center or 48 hours post admission in NICU or HDU from peripheral hospitals

Exclusion Criteria

Parents of preterm infants with congenital anomalies
Those who need major operation
Who are readmitted to the hospital

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parents Readiness for Discharge. In this study we will use PedRHDS form for Parents of Hospitalized Children (including NICU) that consist of 29 (23) items in 5 subscales including: Parent Personal status = 1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6?a, 6b,7a (8 items); (items 2a, 5a, 6b should be reverse scored), Child Personal status = ?b,?b,?b,?b,?b (? items): (item ?b should be reverse scored), Knowledge = 8 to 16 (9 items), Coping Ability = 17-19 (3 items) and Expected Support = 20-23 (4 items). Scores are calculated by adding item scores and dividing by the number of items, thus calculating the RHDS score as the mean of item scores. The possible range of scores is 0 to 10 using this method. This approach applies to total scale and subscale scores. Timepoint: one week after intervention. Method of measurement: The data will be gathered by using questionnaire (PedRHDS form).

Secondary Outcome Measures