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Effects of an Information-Based Discharge Service on Preterm Infants, Parents, and Hospitals

NCT06613386 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2024-09-26

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Summary

Background:The Information-Based Discharge Preparation Service (IBDPS) supports parents of preterm infants during the transition from hospital to home, but its effectiveness has not been widely studied.

Objective:To evaluate the impact of IBDPS on parental readiness, caregiving skills, stress, satisfaction, infant development, readmission rates, length of stay, and hospital costs.

Design: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a NICU in Jiangsu Province, China.

Participants: Preterm infants and their parents.

Methods:Participants are randomly assigned to receive either IBDPS plus usual care (intervention group) or usual care alone (control group). Data on parental and infant outcomes are collected at various stages from admission to one month post-discharge, along with hospital metrics like length of stay and readmission rates.

Conditions

  • Patient Discharge
  • Infant, Premature

Interventions

OTHER

The information-based discharge preparation service (IBDPS)

The main modules of the IBDPS platform include: * Establishing information records for infants and parents. * Collaboratively identifying existing or potential caregiving challenges. * Assessing parents' emotional and psychological states, providing support and intervention. * Collaboratively establishing caregiving objectives with parents. * Collaboratively formulating and executing caregiving plans. * Assessing parental support resources, offering analysis, assistance, and necessary referrals. * Conducting outcome assessments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese Medical Association

    collaborator NETWORK

  • The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caoyuan Wang, Master · The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-31
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2025-03-31

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