Impact of Serial Bedside Video Calls on Stress Level in Parents of Infants Admitted to NICU

ConditionStress
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-60
SponsorCook County Health

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

Treatment groups

70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators