About this trial
The goal of this randomized prospective interventional study is to determine if serial bedside video calls w/audio feature to NICU parents in addition to the routine phone and/or bedside updates can reduce parental stress level. The main question it aims to answer is if the impact of audio-visual calls to nicu parents can improve parent-infant relationship in the form of reduced parental anxiety/stress level.
Participants will be parents of infants admitted to NICU for more than seven (7) days.
Parents in Group A will receive serial video call communication, 2-3 days a week in addition to the daily phone and/or bedside updates.
Parents in Group B will receive daily phone and/or bedside updates per our NICU routine.
Parents will complete a series of questionnaires (PSS-NICU, STAI Y-1 \& 2 and MSPSS) at 3 designated periods during an 8-week time frame.
Researchers will compare Group A (intervention group) and Group B (control group) to see if there is any difference in the stress levels in relation to the intervention (serial video calls) at the end of the study time frame.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
intrauterine drug exposure
major critical congenital cardiac anomaly
major neurologic anomaly
chromosomal disorder.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Serial bedside video call communication