Effects of Early Behavioral and Transaction Interventions on Preterm Infants' and Parents' Biopsychosocial Well-being

NCT ID: NCT03013023

Last Updated: 2020-11-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-04-30

Study Completion Date

2017-08-31

Brief Summary

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This randomized controlled trial will use a longitudinal repeated-measures design to examine the effects of two interventions, behavioral support interventions and a parent-infant transactional program, on parents' stress, PPD and sleep quality, parent-infant interactions, and their preterm infants' stress (saliva cortisol levels), sleep patterns, emotional regulation, and neurobehavioral developmental outcomes from 7 days to 2 years corrected age.

Detailed Description

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The proposed study has five specific aims:

1. to develop behavioral-support interventions for preterm infants who receive painful, stressful procedures in the NICU,
2. to develop a parent-infant transactional program (PITP) for parent-infant dyads with preterm infants in the NICU,
3. to determine the short-term effects of the behavioral-support interventions and PITP on infant stress (salivary cortisol levels) and sleep patterns,
4. to determine the short-term effects of the PITP on parental stress, depression, social support, and sleep quality during postpartum, and
5. to determine the long-term effects of the behavioral-support interventions and PITP on parent-infant interactions and infants' long-term emotional regulation and neurobehavioral outcomes.

Conditions

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Early Interventions Preterm Infants Parent-Child Relations

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Routine care

Control group

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Routine care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Routine NICU care

Behavioral-support interventions (BS)

NNS, FT, positional support, and oral sucrose feeding will be provided while infants are undergoing painful procedures

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

BS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

NNS, FT, positional support, and oral sucrose feeding

Parent-infant transaction program (PITP)

The PITP will be a six-session, one-on-one teaching intervention beginning on day 22 after birth, with four sessions at bedside, and two home-visit sessions within the first month after discharge.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PITP

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Parents will learn to regulate infant responses while implementing caregiving activities.

BS+PITP

Behavioral-support interventions + Parent-infant transaction program

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

BS+PITP

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Parents will learn to regulate infant responses while implementing caregiving activities. Supportive interventions, i.e., NNS, FT, positional support, and oral sucrose feeding, will be provided while infants are undergoing painful procedures.

Interventions

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BS

NNS, FT, positional support, and oral sucrose feeding

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Routine care

Routine NICU care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

PITP

Parents will learn to regulate infant responses while implementing caregiving activities.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

BS+PITP

Parents will learn to regulate infant responses while implementing caregiving activities. Supportive interventions, i.e., NNS, FT, positional support, and oral sucrose feeding, will be provided while infants are undergoing painful procedures.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Gestational age (GA) \> 28 weeks and \< 37 weeks
2. Postbirth age \>2 days
3. Stable condition (score\<20 on the Neonatal Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System \[NTISS\] for disease severity).
4. Parents are not diagnosed with mental illness or some other illness known to influence/confound the outcome variables
5. Parents are fluent in Chinese
6. Parents do not use drugs
7. Parents agree to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Congenital anomalies
2. Neurologic impairment including convulsion, intraventricular hemorrhage \> grade II or periventricular leukomalacia
3. Documented congenital or nosocomial (infection acquired at hospital after birth) sepsis
4. Surgery
5. Severe medical conditions requiring treatments such as cortisol supplementation, sedatives, muscle relaxants, antiepileptic, or analgesic drugs
Minimum Eligible Age

28 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hsiang-Yun Lan

Investigator, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jen-Jiuan Liaw, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Professor, School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

Other Identifiers

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1-103-05-165

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id