Improving Parental Knowledge: Randomized Trial of Supplementation of Prematurity Counseling With Written Information
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Maternal knowledge of problems of prematurity as measured by number of correct answers on the knowledge questionnaire will be assessed in the study and control groups.
研究概览
简要总结
Pregnant women who receive study counseling which includes gestational age specific written information in addition to the verbal counseling will have better knowledge of problems and outcomes of prematurity than women who receive standard counseling which consists of only verbal counseling.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •English speaking pregnant women who are between 23-34 weeks of gestation
- •Who are 18 years and older
- •Open to all ethnic groups.
- •Admitted in preterm labor to Froedtert and Waukesha Hospitals labor and delivery unit.
排除标准
- •Pregnant women who are known to have infants with congenital anomalies or other associated conditions apart from prematurity that could be a significant factor to the outcome of the baby.
- •Pregnant women who have been included in this study and discharged at some point and again admitted for preterm labor will be excluded from the study.
- •If a participant delivers before completing the Parent Knowledge Questionnaire, she will be excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
Maternal knowledge of problems of prematurity as measured by number of correct answers on the knowledge questionnaire will be assessed in the study and control groups.
时间窗: Within 24 hours of counseling the primary outcome will be assessed
The knowledge questionnaire consists of questions regarding gestational age specific common potential problems and complications of premature infants. We will score each questionniare and then compare number of correct answers.
次要结局
- The change in maternal anxiety score before and after counseling as measured by the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory will be compared between the study and control groups(The pre-counseling anxiety score will be obtained immediately after consent is obtained for the study. The post-counseling anxiety score will be obtained within 24 hours of counseling)