Telephone Follow-up From an Intensive Care Nursery

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified by Christiana Care Health Services, July 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Christiana Care Health Services Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Information provided by:	Christiana Care Health Services
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00604240

Purpose

The first few weeks after leaving the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be a difficult transition time for caregivers of a previously hospitalized infant. To help ease this stressful period, doctors and nurses give caregivers a large amount of information prior to their infant leaving the NCIU. How much caregivers remember about medications, follow-up appointments, and general well-child care has not been studied. Caregivers who choose to participate will receive a phone call 2-7 days after discharge where they will be asked questions pertaining to the information that was discussed with them at the time of discharge. The purpose of the study is to determine how much information caregivers retain after leaving the NICU.

Condition
Information Retention

MedlinePlus related topics: Caregivers

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Cohort, Prospective
Official Title:	Telephone Follow-up From an Intensive Care Nursery: What do Parents Actually Remember?

Further study details as provided by Christiana Care Health Services:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Amount of information that parents / caregivers are able to retain [ Time Frame: Within one week after the infant is discharged from the NICU ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Estimated Enrollment:	384
Study Start Date:	November 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2008
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Groups/Cohorts
1 Parents / caregivers of any infant who has a length of stay of at least 1 week in the NICU at Christiana Hospital or Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents/caregivers of infants who are hospitalized in the NICU

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Parents/caregivers of infants who have spent one week or longer in the NICU at Christiana Hospital or Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria:

Parents / caregivers of infants who have spent less than one week in the NICU at Christiana Hospital or Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00604240

Contacts

Contact: Constance Andrejko, DO	302-733-2410	constance.andrejko@mail.tju.edu
Contact: Amy B. Mackley, MSN, RNC	302-733-2153	amackley@christianacare.org

Locations

United States, Delaware
Christiana Hospital	Recruiting
Newark, Delaware, United States, 19711
Sub-Investigator: Wendy J. Sturtz, MD
Sub-Investigator: Amy B. Mackley, MSN, RNC
United States, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Recruiting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
Sub-Investigator: Shobhana Desai, MD
Sub-Investigator: Susan Adenyi-Jones, MD

Sponsors and Collaborators

Christiana Care Health Services

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Constance Andrejko, DO

Christiana Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

More Information

Responsible Party:	Christiana Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ( Constance Andrejko, DO )
Study ID Numbers:	27164
Study First Received:	January 17, 2008
Last Updated:	July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00604240
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Christiana Care Health Services:

NICU
caregivers
discharge instructions

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Urinary Retention

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009