Premature Birth
Conditions
Keywords
Prematurity Counseling for pregnant women and their family
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
OTHERWritten information and verbal counseling
control group will only receive verbal counseling. Study group will receive written information before verbal counseling
Sponsors
Medical College of Wisconsin
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 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.
Exclusion criteria
* 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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | State Trait anxiety Inventory has been used in many studies |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed