The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home

University of Colorado, Denver2 sites in 1 country72 target enrollmentApril 22, 2025

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Not specified
Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Enrollment: 72
Locations: 2
Primary Endpoint: Mental health self-efficacy scale
Status: Recruiting
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a telehealth-based mental health screening and engagement program that supports parents as their infants transition home from the NICU. The program will use a stepped-care approach to screen parents for depression, anxiety, and PTSD; provide a brief behavioral intervention to those who screen as having at least a low risk of these conditions; and provide a warm hand-off to community mental health services for those at medium to high risk.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 22, 2025

End Date

April 30, 2026

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•NICU parents: Participants will be parents of currently hospitalized preterm infants from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. We will include parents of live preterm infants who have been admitted in the NICU for at least 2 weeks. Parents must speak English or Spanish. Parents can be of any age.
•NICU stakeholders: Participants will be stakeholders from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. Stakeholders will be social workers, mental health providers responsible for providing more intensive mental health support for NICU parents, nurses, neonatologists, and hospital administrators.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mental health self-efficacy scale

Time Frame: ~2 weeks prior to discharge; 2 weeks post-discharge; 6 weeks post-discharge

Mental health self-efficacy

Secondary Outcomes

City Mental Illness Stigma Scale(~2 weeks prior to discharge; 2 weeks post-discharge; 6 weeks post-discharge)
Parenting Sense of Self Confidence Scale(~2 weeks prior to discharge; 2 weeks post-discharge; 6 weeks post-discharge)