FamilyLink Family-Centered Rounds

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Family Centered Rounds

• Registration Number: NCT04265677
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

This study will be a pilot test of using FamilyLink software to bring parents of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) virtually to the bedside during Family Centered Rounds.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-11
• Study Start: 2020-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-23
• Study Completion: 2021-02-02
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged 0-365 days
• Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years
• Medical team members (physicians, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses) of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who are not discharged home from the NICU (e.g., transferred to another inpatient unit or another hospital)
• Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU who do not speak English, as a translator will not reliability be available to participate in rounds when the parent/guardian is not physically present
• Patients who have more than one admission to the Blue Team during our study period will only be included on their first admission

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CAHPS Communication with Parent Subscale	Through study completion, approximately 3 months	19 questions from the Communication with Parent Subscale of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Child Hospital Survey; specifically, we will report the following measures: Communication between you and your child's nurses (composite measure); Communication between you and your child's doctors (composite measure); Communication about your child's medicines (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care (composite measure) Privacy when talking with doctors, nurses, and other providers (single-item measure); Preparing you and your child to leave the hospital (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care in the Emergency Room (single-item measure). Higher scores are better; 0 (minimum) - 100 (maximum)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rates of adverse events	Up to 6 months	Rates of adverse events reported by parents, providers, or nurses
Hospital Length of Stay	Through study completion, approximately 3 months	Hospital length of stay of the patient measured in days
Breastmilk at discharge	Through study completion, approximately 3 months	If the patient was receiving all, some or no breastmilk

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California-Davis; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States