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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| CRADLE/2023/RES/003 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme |
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The goal of this mixed methods study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a parent-led family integrated care program in a Level II neonatal unit.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| FIC Group | Active Comparator |
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| Control Group | No Intervention | The usual standard of care will be provided for this group. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Family Education and Parental Involvement | Other | Parents will be oriented to the programme, tools provided for their own learning (pamphlets, information handouts, audio-visual resources), and a checklist of infant care topics to be completed. The primary caregiver will be asked to commit to spending one to two hours per day to attend education sessions on the topic(s) of their choice. Parents will be encouraged to provide progressively more daily care for their infants as they complete more education sessions. After each education session, parents will check off for each completed topic on their skills checklist. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment Rate | This study will examine the length of time taken to complete participant recruitment, and recruitment rates. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Retention Rates | This will be evaluated by examining the participants drop-out rates throughout the study. This will be used to assess the fidelity of the program. | Up to 6 months |
| Completion of FIC program | This will be evaluated by examining the percentage completion of the FIC program teaching sessions by each participant. This will be used to assess the fidelity of the program. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Parent Experience of FIC Program | Parents will have a semi-structured interviews to have a qualitative evaluation of their experience of the FIC program. This study aims to identify any barriers and/or facilitating factors of the program. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Nurses' Experience of the FIC Program | Nurses will have a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the program through a post-implementation survey and focused group discussion respectively. This study aims to identify any barriers and/or facilitators through their experience. The nurses' survey consists of 8-items, scored on a 5-point Likert scale. Nurses can score between 8 - 40, with a higher score reflecting a better experience of the FIC program. | Up to 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Parental Self-Efficacy | Parents will complete the Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMPS-E) Questionnaire pre-test and post-test to evaluate for improvements in their self-efficacy after going through the intervention. The PMPS-E Questionnaire is a 20-item questionnaire that uses a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 'Strongly Disagree' (Score = 1), 'Disagree' (Score = 2), 'Agree' (Score = 3), and 'Strongly Agree' (Score = 4). Participants can score between 20 to 80, where a higher score reflects higher self-efficacy. |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Shu Hui Chan, BSc (Nursing) (Honours) | KK Women's and Children's Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| KK Women's and Children's Hospital | Singapore | 229899 | Singapore |
All IPD that underlie results in a publication
IPD and supporting information will be stored and available for 10 years from 24 April 2025 until 1 April 2035. Thereafter, the stored IPD will be deleted and destroyed in accordance with PDPA guidelines of the hospital.
Only the principle investigator will be able to access it via an encrypted access to the excel spreadsheet.
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| Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Frequency of Parental Visits | This study aims to evaluate whether parents in the FIC group have a higher frequency of visits, measured in number of days, compared to those in the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Frequency of Kangaroo Care | This study aims to evaluate whether parents in the FIC group have practice kangaroo care more often, measured in number of times done, compared to those in the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Duration of Kangaroo Care | This study aims to evaluate whether parents in the FIC group carry our kangaroo care for longer periods of time, measured in number of minutes, compared to those in the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Frequency of Breastfeeding | This study aims to assess whether mothers in the FIC group engage in more breastfeeding, as measured by the number of feeds, compared to those in the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Duration of Breastfeeding | This study aims to assess whether mothers in the FIC group engage in longer breastfeeding sessions, measured by the number of minutes, compared to those in the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Length of Stay | This study aims to evaluate whether infants in the FIC group have a shorter length of stay, measured in the number of days, compared to the control group. | Through grant period, up to 6 months] |
| Infants Weight Gain | This study aims to assess whether infants in the FIC Group have higher weight gain compared to infants in the control group. The infants' birth weight and weight at discharge, measured in grams, will be collected and calculated [discharge weight (g) - birth weight (g)] to derive the infants' weight gain (g). | Through grant period, up to 6 months |
| Nasogastric Tube Retention Time | This study aims to assess whether infants in the FIC group are able to achieve full oral feeding earlier than infants in the control group. This will be evaluated using the duration of their nasogastric tube retention time, measured in the number of days. | Through grant period, up to 6 months |