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The objective of the study is to establish a continuous nurse-led integrated support program and to exam its impact on preterm infant neurodevelopment.
Research hypotheses include:1. The continuous nurse-led integrated support will have significant impact on preterm infant neurodevelopment; 2.The support program will also have positive effect on parent psychological well-being.
The objective of the study is to establish the continuous nurse-led integrated support program as well as exam its impact on neurodevelopmental health of preterm infants.
Research hypotheses:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| continuous care group | Experimental | continuous care group (CCG): This is the experimental group where continuous care supported would be offered by the nurse coordinated integrative health care team. which is, parents in this group receive support during infant hospitalization. The support covers both hospitalization phase and after-discharge phase. In-hospital support include educational support and promoting mother-infant attachment. Nurses will be responsible for home visits after infant discharge. |
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| routine care group | Active Comparator | Routine Care Group (RCG): This is the comparison group of preterm infants. the routine care interventions generally include telephone reminding about follow-up care of the infants and hotline for parents to call when needed. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Nurse-led Continuous Support | Behavioral | The Nurse-Led Continuous Support was provided by a integrative care team. In-hospital support included(1) Promoting early parental-infant interaction;(2) Instruct the mother and/or father to use sensory stimulation activities to promote infant neuro-development in the NICU;(3) Parental educational support. The integrative care team will teach infant care skills, prepare them for successful transition from hospital to home setting. After infant discharge support will consist of regular home visits by the nurses. Home visits will be offered every other week until children reaching 3 Months of corrected age. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Infant neuro-development assessed by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) | preterm infant will be assessed by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ). The scale is used to help parent evaluate the development outcome of infants and young children by themselves. | infant neuro-development will be measured at 3 months of corrected age. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Maternal psychological well-being | Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) will be used to assess psychological well-being of preterm mothers. | assess when infants reach 1 month of corrected age. |
| Parental self-efficacy assessed by the Parenting Ladder Scale |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Jun Zhang, PhD | Contact | 86-18507118605 | catherinezhang2010@126.com | |
| Chuan-Hua Yu, PhD | Contact | 8627-68759710 | 00030045@whu.edu.cn |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Chuan-Hua Yu | Wuhan University School of Health | Study Chair |
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| ID | Term |
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| D047928 | Premature Birth |
| ID | Term |
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| D007752 | Obstetric Labor, Premature |
| D007744 | Obstetric Labor Complications |
| D011248 | Pregnancy Complications |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
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| routine follow-up care | Procedure | after infant discharge, parents were usually called upon to remind the date and time of follow-up care with physicians in outpatient department. A contact number was also given to parents in case they have questions about follow-up care. |
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The Parenting Ladder Scale will be used to determine the mothers/fathers' parental self-efficacy. |
| assess when infants reach 3 month of corrected age |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |