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Impact of Picture Book Reading on Preterm Infant Stability, Parental Anxiety, and Parent-Child Attachment

NCT06854549 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2025-09-30

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Summary

This study investigates the effects of a parent-child picture book reading intervention on the cardiopulmonary stability of preterm infants, parental anxiety, and parent-child attachment. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and neonatal intermediate care unit in northern Taiwan. A total of 88 preterm infants and their parents will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Parents in the intervention group will read picture books to their infants from a corrected gestational age of 28 weeks to 36 weeks and 6 days. Physiological data (heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and heart rate variability) and parental anxiety levels will be assessed at multiple time points. The study aims to determine whether this intervention improves infant stability, reduces parental anxiety, and enhances parent-child attachment, contributing to improved neonatal care practices.

Conditions

  • Effects of Parent-Child Reading on Preterm Infant Stability, Parental Anxiety, and Parent-Child Attachment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parental Reading Picture-book

In addition to receiving routine care, the experimental group will be given the "Reading Picture Books from Scratch" educational booklet once the preterm infant is removed from the incubator, the group assignment is confirmed, and participation in the study is verified. They will then undergo the "Picture Book Reading Intervention." This intervention targets the preterm infant and one of the parents. It involves reading picture books from the second to the fourth day after the infant is removed from the incubator, during the visiting period from 14:10 to 14:20.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mei-Jy Jeng, PhD · Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
28 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-23
Primary Completion
2026-06-28
Completion
2026-06-28

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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