Close Collaboration and Discharge Readiness

NCT ID: NCT06057974

Last Updated: 2024-11-20

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-28

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This prospective non-randomized controlled before-after comparison study aims to evaluate the effects of the Close Collaboration with Parents, a family-centered care intervention for NICU staff, on parents of the newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We focus on (1) family centered care of the NICU rated by parents, (2) parental anxiety symptoms, and (3) their discharge readiness.

The intervention is planned to be implemented between December 2023 and December 2024.

The investigators will collect data from parents whose newborns are admitted to the NICU before and after the intervention and compare the two groups. In most cases, the parents of the two groups belong to different cohorts.

Detailed Description

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Study period Pre-intervention data collection phase: September 2023 - December 2023 (Planned) Intervention phase: January 2024 - December 2024 (Planned) Post-intervention data collection phase: January 2025 - April 2025 (Planned)

Outcome measures Primary outcome: Quality of family centered care rated by parents Secondary outcomes: Parental anxiety symptoms and parental discharge readiness

Data management Eligible infants and their information will be identified and collected by research team members and entered into the excel file (.xlsx). Data will be pseudonymized when the data is entered into the excel file. All electronic data will be destroyed 10 years after the initiation of the study.

The principal investigator will be responsible for managing access to the data. We do not have a plan to make the data open in the future.

Statistical analysis The comparison between two continuous variables will be carried out by the student t test and, additionally, the multiple linear regression model and the logistic regression model to adjust the effect of the potential confounders. The potential confounders included in the models will be the length of stay and parents' previous mental illness.

R and RStudio will be used to analyze the data.

Conditions

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Family Centered Care

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Pre-intervention

The patient and their parents who are admitted to the NICU before the NICU starts implementing the intervention.

No interventions assigned to this group

Post-intervention

The patient and their parents who are admitted to the NICU after the NICU implements the intervention.

Close Collaboration with Parents

Intervention Type OTHER

The Close Collaboration with Parents intervention is an educational model for healthcare staff working in NICUs. It aims to improve the ability of the members of the NICU healthcare team to I) observe the infants' individual behaviors and needs, II) support parents to take the initiative and share their observations and understanding of their infant's behaviors and to collaboratively plan the infant's care with the healthcare staff, III) understand the individual story of the family regarding parenthood through a dialogue with parents, and IV) involve parents in the decision-making about the care of their baby from an early stage of care through to the preparation for discharge. The final goal is to improve the care culture in the NICUs by changing the attitudes of the healthcare staff and the care practices of the unit to be more in line with family-centered care principles.

It usually takes 1.5 years for each NICU to complete the intervention.

Interventions

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Close Collaboration with Parents

The Close Collaboration with Parents intervention is an educational model for healthcare staff working in NICUs. It aims to improve the ability of the members of the NICU healthcare team to I) observe the infants' individual behaviors and needs, II) support parents to take the initiative and share their observations and understanding of their infant's behaviors and to collaboratively plan the infant's care with the healthcare staff, III) understand the individual story of the family regarding parenthood through a dialogue with parents, and IV) involve parents in the decision-making about the care of their baby from an early stage of care through to the preparation for discharge. The final goal is to improve the care culture in the NICUs by changing the attitudes of the healthcare staff and the care practices of the unit to be more in line with family-centered care principles.

It usually takes 1.5 years for each NICU to complete the intervention.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Infants who have been admitted to the NICU for 2 weeks or longer

Exclusion Criteria

* Infants whose parent doesn't have Japanese as their mother tongue
* Infants whose parent needs psychiatric consultation after birth
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nagano Children's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ryo Itoshima

Chief physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ryo Itoshima, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Nagano Children's Hospital

Locations

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Nagano Children's Hospita

Azumino, Nagano, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Japan

Central Contacts

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Ryo Itoshima, MD

Role: CONTACT

+358-29-450-5000

Arata Oda, MD

Role: CONTACT

+81-263-73-6700

Facility Contacts

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Ryo Itoshima

Role: primary

Arata Oda

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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S-05-49

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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