Maternal Counseling for Preterm Deliveries, Assessing an Effective Method of Counseling

November 1, 2017 updated by: Mopelola Akintorin, John H. Stroger Hospital
Providing verbal counseling supplemented with both written and pictorial information then verbal counseling alone is a more effective method of counseling parents with threatened preterm delivery

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Progress in the frontiers of neonatology has continually pushed back the limit of viability and significantly improved the survival of extremely preterm infants. An important component of medical management before a preterm delivery is counseling the parents about probabilities of survival and long term complications.

Hypothesis: Preterm counseling is more effective when parents receive verbal counseling supplemented with written and pictorial information then verbal counseling alone.

Methodology: There will be two groups of study (verbal, pictorial and written vs verbal alone). All patients admitted to the L and D department of Stroger hospital between 23 to 34 weeks of gestation with threatened premature delivery will be enrolled in the study. They will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups. After counseling, parents will be asked to complete a 32 point questionnaire to check their knowledge of outcomes of prematurity.

To reach statistically significant results, the investigators will need 40 patients in each group. The study will be done over a period of one year

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

92

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
        • John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women between 23 to 34 weeks gestation assessed by obstetrician to need counseling

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancies with known life threatening defects considered as non compatible with life.
  • Mothers previously admitted and counseled will also be excluded

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Verbal counseling
Parents with threatened delivery will receive verbal counseling only
Other: Verbal counseling
Verbal counseling done by physician
Other: Verbal, pictorial, written counseling
Parents with threatened delivery will receive verbal counseling supplemented with pictorial and written information
Other: Verbal, pictorial, written counseling
verbal counseling in addition to gestational age specific written information and pictures will be given to parents

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Patient knowledge
Time Frame: one year
After counseling, patient will answer a 32 point questionnaire and this will be compared across the two groups to see there is any statistical difference between the two groups using SPSS
one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Maternal anxiety level
Time Frame: one year
Pre and post counseling administration of 6 item State and Trait anxiety inventory, SPSS software will be used to compute statistical significance
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

John H. Stroger Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mopelola Akintorin, MD, John H. Stroger Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 22, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

October 22, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 8, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

March 14, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 6, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 1, 2017

Last Verified

November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB 15-226

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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