Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Parental Stress, Parent-Child Relations, Post Partum Depression, Preterm Infants, Videoconferencing
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to test the effect of daily videoconference updates between parents of preterm newborns and health care providers which also offer them the possibility of seeing their child on the parental stress in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Interventions
OTHERVideoconferencing
Daily videoconference updates using Skype between parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU and the nurse taking care of their child, lasting 5 to 10 minutes, to check with her for the daily news and then see their child through the camera.
Sponsors
Poitiers University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Parents with a preterm child born between 24 weeks and 34 weeks and 6 days of gestational age, hospitalized in our NICU during recrutment period * Which agreed participating to the study after having complete information about it and sign a consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Parents with a preterm child with another pathology than prematurity or with a lenght of stay in the NICU less than 7 days * Parents refusing to participate to the study * Parents not having videoconference equipment or internet access at home * Parents not understanding or speaking good enough French.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Level of stress of the mothers | From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month | Mean score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU (Parental Stressor Scale NICU), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Level of stress of the fathers | From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month | Mean score of the fathers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU, measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups. |
| Parental stress evolution | From the date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month | Evolution of the PSS-NICU score of both parents between the inclusion in the study and the last evaluation before their child's discharge of the NICU, in the 2 groups. |
| Post-partum depression rate of the mothers | Through study completion, an average of 2 months | Score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the EPDS (Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale), measured at the inclusion, at discharge and a month later, in the 2 groups. |
| Quality of the relationship between the parents and their child | Through study completion, an average of 2 months | Mean score of both parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PBQ (Post-partum Bonding Questionnaire), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit and a month after his discharge, in the 2 groups. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed