Discharge Planning Assessment of Family Needs

NCT ID: NCT00759213

Last Updated: 2012-02-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-12-31

Study Completion Date

2009-09-30

Brief Summary

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It is well established within pediatric and neonatal medicine that social and traditionally "non-medical" aspects of the home environment and conditions after discharge influence neonatal health both in the acute and long-term setting. Government programs and laws exist that are designed for the provision of basic pediatric health needs. Unfortunately, deficits in obtaining those services lead to preventable poor health outcomes. Hospital social workers and discharge planners are able to identify appropriate services, while lawyers are experts in ensuring those rights and services are actually obtained and delivered.

West Side Health of CCHS has implemented a medical-legal partnership along the pathways advocated by the Medical Legal Partnership for Children as part of their clinical care services. Before implementing a similar system in the NICU, a needs assessment will be performed first.

The purpose of this study is to determine what the health care team (physicians, nurses, social workers, discharge planners, etc) through our discharge planning practice establishes as the legal needs. We will collect information which is normally collected by the health care team as a part of their usual care and assessment for discharge planning. The families will not be approached directly by study staff.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Family Needs / Concerns

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Any infant with a length of stay in the NICU of at least 7 days.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Infants admitted to the NICU
* Length of stay \> 6 days
* Discharge to home

Exclusion Criteria

* Length of stay \</= 6 days
* Discharge to another hospital
Maximum Eligible Age

12 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Christiana Care Health Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert G. Locke, DO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Christiana Care Health Services

Locations

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Christiana Care Health Systems

Newark, Delaware, United States

Site Status

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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27215

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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