Anxiety, Literacy, Parent-Child Relations
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of the Reach Out and Read program on infants and their families in the neonatal ICU. The main goals of this study are: * To complete a needs assessment for literacy interventions in the NICU population through evaluating baseline home literacy scores. * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parental stress levels as assessed by the 6-question State-Trait Anxiety Index (STAI-6) * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parent-infant bonding by comparing scores on the 25-item Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on the home literacy environment by comparing home literacy scores Participants will complete three questionnaires that include demographic information, home literacy scores, the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Index; once at study enrollment, once at 36 weeks corrected gestational age, and once at 3 months corrected gestational age. Researchers will compare the control group (standard care) and a group that receives Reach Out and Read education to see whether exposure to Reach Out and Read affects literacy behaviors, parental anxiety, and parent-infant bonding.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALReach Out and Read
Families will be provided with a book and ROR programming from trained study team members (either the principal investigator or a research assistant, both of whom are ROR trained). ROR programming will include discussion of current reading practices, anticipatory guidance on the importance and benefits of reading, modeling of active reading, discussion of how to incorporate reading into a daily routine and answering any questions parents/caregivers may have.
Sponsors
University of Washington
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 14 Days
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Families of subjects born between 24w0d and 33w6d gestation * Primary language is English or Spanish
Exclusion criteria
* Severe clinical instability such that the principal investigators do not think the infant will survive to 36 weeks gestation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on the home literacy environment by comparing home literacy scores | Between enrollment and 3 months corrected gestational age for infant |
| To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parental stress levels as assessed by the 6-question State-Trait Anxiety Index (STAI-6) | Between enrollment and 3 months corrected gestational age for infant |
| To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parent-infant bonding by comparing scores on the 25-item Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) | Between enrollment and 3 months corrected gestational age for infant |
| To complete a needs assessment for literacy interventions in the NICU population through evaluating baseline home literacy scores. | At enrollment |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactDevin McKissic
Outcome results
None listed