Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety, parents, NICU, prematurity, Anxiety of parents to NICU infants
Brief summary
Being a parent to a premature infant in NICU is an anxious state. Parents ask a lot of questions, and look for information all the time. Organizing the information given to parents could reduce their anxiety. The parents will be divided into two groups: one group will get organized information, by a lecture at the first week of their infant's life, and the other group will not. Of course, questions will be answered all the time. The parents will answer a questionnaire on the first week of the infant's life, and on the last week, just before releasing the infant home.
Detailed description
Being a parent to a premature infant in NICU is an anxious state. Parents ask a lot of questions, and look for information all the time. Organizing the information given to parents could reduce their anxiety. The parents will be divided into two groups: one group will get organized information, by a lecture at the first week of their infant's life, and the other group will not. Of course, questions will be answered all the time. The parents will answer a questionnaire on the first week of the infant's life, and on the last week, just before releasing the infant home.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLecture
Lecture of information regarding prematurity, NICU hospitalization, etc.
Sponsors
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 4 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Parents to premature infants, after releasing the mother
Exclusion criteria
* Term infants * Hospitalized mother
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference between questionnaires at the first week and the last week to hospitalization. | 1 year |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed