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Emotional Experiences in Fathers of NICU Infants

NCT00306605 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2017-06-21

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Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the emotional experiences of fathers who have preterm infants who are hospitalized in a (neonatal intensive care unit)NICU setting. In addition, we will compare the emotional responses experienced by father of surgical NICU babies and fathers of medical NICU babies.

Our primary hypothesis is that paternal stress levels will be lower for those fathers of infants who are hospitalized in a medical NICU compared with fathers of infants who are hospitalized in a surgical NICU.

Secondary hypotheses include: 1) Stress levels for fathers of hospitalized infants will decrease over time; 2) Depressive symptomatology modulates perceived stress in fathers of NICU infants.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Depressive Symptomatology

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire 3 times throughout the first 5 weeks after their infant's birth / hospitalization

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

    collaborator OTHER

  • Christiana Care Health Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy B. Mackley, MSN, RNC · Christiana Care Health Systems

  • Michael L. Spear, MD · Christiana Care Health Systems; A.I. duPont Hospital for Children

  • Robert G. Locke, DO · Christiana Care Health Systems; A.I. duPont Hospital for Children

  • Rachel Joseph, MSN, CCRN · Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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