Impact of Videoconference Updates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Parental Stress of Preterm Infants (VISIO-NEONAT)

Impact of Daily Videoconference Updates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Parental Stress of Preterm Infants : a Pilot Study

The aim of the study is to test the effect of daily videoconference updates between parents of preterm newborns and health care providers which also offer them the possibility of seeing their child on the parental stress in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Preterm Infants; Parent-Child Relations; Parental Stress; Post Partum Depression; Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Videoconferencing
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Videoconferencing

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 28

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Poitiers, France
    • Chu de Poitiers

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

30 preterm infants and their parents (15 in each group)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents with a preterm child born between 24 weeks and 34 weeks and 6 days of gestational age, hospitalized in our NICU during recrutment period
• Which agreed participating to the study after having complete information about it and sign a consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parents with a preterm child with another pathology than prematurity or with a lenght of stay in the NICU less than 7 days
• Parents refusing to participate to the study
• Parents not having videoconference equipment or internet access at home
• Parents not understanding or speaking good enough French.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Control group
Videoconference group	Other: Videoconferencing; Daily videoconference updates using Skype between parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU and the nurse taking care of their child, lasting 5 to 10 minutes, to check with her for the daily news and then see their child through the camera.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Level of stress of the mothers	Mean score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU (Parental Stressor Scale NICU), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups.	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Level of stress of the fathers	Mean score of the fathers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PSS-NICU, measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit, in the 2 groups.	From date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month
Parental stress evolution	Evolution of the PSS-NICU score of both parents between the inclusion in the study and the last evaluation before their child's discharge of the NICU, in the 2 groups.	From the date of inclusion until the date of discharge, assessed up to 1 month
Post-partum depression rate of the mothers	Score of the mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the EPDS (Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale), measured at the inclusion, at discharge and a month later, in the 2 groups.	Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Quality of the relationship between the parents and their child	Mean score of both parents of preterm infants hospitalized in NICU on the PBQ (Post-partum Bonding Questionnaire), measured once a week during all the last of their child's hospitalization in the unit and a month after his discharge, in the 2 groups.	Through study completion, an average of 2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Denis Oriot, Poitiers University Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 21, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 18, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): September 7, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 15, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): February 19, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 1, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 29, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; Pregnancy Complications; Obstetric Labor Complications; Puerperal Disorders; Obstetric Labor, Premature; Depressive Disorder; Depression, Postpartum; Premature Birth
• Other Study ID Numbers: VISIO-NEONAT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No