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Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Ward - the AMICA study

Recruiting
Conditions
Prematurity
Registration Number
NL-OMON26390
Lead Sponsor
OLVG, JB van Goudoever (Emma Children's Hospital)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
600
Inclusion Criteria

Hospitalised children:
- Born between 24 and 36 6/7 weeks gestational age, with a postconceptional age < 44 weeks on admission
- At least 1 week of hospital stay on the Neonatal Ward
- Will visit the Outpatient Clinic of the OLVG East, OLVG West or NWZA after discharge or consents to gather required information through infant health centers
- Written informed consent from the parents

Healthy controls:
Born at term (37 to 41 weeks of gestational age)
- Spontaneous vaginal birth without hospitalisation post-partum
- Written informed consent from the parents

Exclusion Criteria

Metabolic or chromosomal/syndromal diseases
- Therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia
- Severe psychiatric or psychosocial problems i.e. parents under supervision of youth care
- Transfer to another hospital before discharge
- Parents are unable to answer the questionnaires in Dutch/English
- Death of an infant

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
eurodevelopment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Breastfeeding, length of stay, sepsis, cortisol, bloodpressure, growth, IVH, ROP, BPD. Parental: stress, parent-infant bonding, postnatal depression, self-efficacy, empowerment, postnatal PTSD, cortisol
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