None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Abstract Objective To determine whether giving mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) audiorecordings of their conversations with neonatologists improved maternal recall of information and psychological wellbeing. Design: Randomised, clinician - blinded trial with mothers in a NICU either receiving or not receiving audiotapes of their conversations with neonatologists. Participants 200 mothers of babies in a tertiary NICU in North Queensland, Australia Null hypothesis: Providing mothers with an audiotaping of their conversation with neonatologists does not improvetheir recall of infromation about their babies nor the parental well being. Outcome measures: Outcomes (at ten days, four months and 12 months) included recall of information, attitudes towards and use of the audiotape, satisfaction with conversations, post natal depression, parental anxiety, general health and parenting stress. The information conveyed by the neonatologists was coded from transcripts of the audiotapes and matched against the mothers’ recall of the information as measured by interview. All analyses were by intention to treat.
Interventions
Providing mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with an audiotape of the conversation with the neonatologist.
After consent the first conversations (and subsequent of note as judged by the neonatologists: eg grade four intraventricular haemorrhage, patent ductus arteriosus and necrotising enterocolitis needing treatment, epilepsy) between mothers and neonatologist are audiotaped.
The mothers listened to the audiorecordings whenever they want to. The duration of the audiorecording average 25 m
Providing mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with an audiotape of the conversation with the neonatologist. After consent the first conversations (and subsequent of note as judged by the neonatologists: eg grade four intraventricular haemorrhage, patent ductus arteriosus and necrotising enterocolitis needing treatment, epilepsy) between mothers and neonatologist are audiotaped. The mothers listened to the audiorecordings whenever they want to. The duration of the audiorecording average 25 minutes. The parents in the treatment arm of the study were given the audiotape to take home so that they can listen to it anytime and anywhere until the end of the study. The duration of the intervention was for 1 year. Intervention groups. Mothers received a copy of the audiorecording and a portable "walkman" tape recorder for the mothers' use during the stay of the baby.
Sponsors
Dr Andrew Johnson, The Townsville Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Mothers were eligible for the study if their babies were admitted to the NICU, they understood English or had an interpreter and they consented to be recruited.
Exclusion criteria
Mothers were excluded if they were receiving psychiatric care or their baby needed to be transferred interstate during the first week of life.
Outcome results
None listed