Effectiveness of Family-Integrated Newborn Care to Improve Outcomes for Preterm and Low-birth-weight Neonates

Summary

The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrating family in newborn care units as a key partner can improve the outcomes of preterm and low-birth-weight neonates. The main question\[s\] that the study aims to answer:

• Does the implementation of the FINC intervention impact the neonatal outcomes for preterm and low-birth weight neonates in NCUs in resource-limited settings of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia? Researchers will compare the Length of hospital stay among preterm and low-birth-weight neonates admitted to hospitals included in the intervention groups and compared to the neonates admitted to hospitals in the control group.

In the intervention groups, family of preterm and low-birth-weight neonates will be trained, mentored, and integrated into the care targeted to their neonates.

Conditions

• Family Involvement/Empowerment
• Family-centered Care
• Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
• Family Integrated Newborn Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family Integrated Newborn Care, an intervention to integrate family in the care targeted their preterm and Low-birth weight neonates

The Family Integrated Newborn Care intervention includes undergoing 1) minor modifications in the NCU space and physical infrastructure conducive to family integration; 2) bedside training for families, and 3) provision of ten audio-visual materials in the local language (Tigrigna) demonstrating family integration in key caring activities targeted to their neonates.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard medical treatment

The preterm and low-birth weight neonates will receive the conventional care with no special attention to integrate the families in the care targeted to the neonates

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mekelle University

  collaborator OTHER

• Addis Ababa University

  collaborator OTHER

• Laerdal Foundation

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Siren Rettedal, MD, PhD · 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway 2. Department of Simulation-based learning, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway

• Hege Prof.Ersdal, MD, PhD · [email protected]

• Damen Hailemariam, MD, PhD · [email protected]

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-12-16

Primary Completion

2026-06-15

Completion

2026-06-16

Countries

• Ethiopia

Study Locations