Improving Infant Sleep Safety With the Electronic Health Record

October 9, 2019 updated by: Ian M. Paul, MD, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Improving Infant Sleep Safety With the Electronic Health Record: Using Infant Photographs Taken by Parents for Individualized Feedback

This research is being done to find out if individualized feedback provided to parents on safe infant sleep can improve safety. This will be accomplished by having parents send photographs of their baby sleeping through the patient portal of the electronic health record (EHR).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to assess if photographs of infants sleeping at night sent by parents through the patient portal of the electronic health record (EHR) can be used to a) deliver individualized feedback on safe infant sleep surfaces and sleep health and b) improve parental knowledge of and adherence to guidelines for safe infant sleep surfaces and sleep health. The feasibility of this approach will also be assessed through a randomized, clinical trial involving 130 infants with primary care through Penn State Health. Participants will be randomized to receive personalized feedback on the infant sleep position and surface at age 1 month in addition to usual care or a usual care group. Both groups will receive personalized feedback on the infant sleep position and surface at infant age 2 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

130

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
    • Pennsylvania
      • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
        • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

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

No older than 2 weeks (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Gestational age: ≥37 weeks
  • Singleton birth
  • Newborns ages 0 days to 14 days old
  • Newborn nursery stay <=7 days
  • English speaking mother
  • Mother ≥18 years old
  • Has email/internet access
  • Willing to sign up for the Penn State Health Patient Portal through the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
  • Owns a smart phone, digital camera, or tablet that can take pictures to be transmitted through the EHR
  • Plan to follow with a Penn State Health Provider though the infant's 3-4 month well child visit

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Maternal morbidity or pre-existing condition that affects ability to care for the newborn (e.g. narcotic drug use, chemotherapy, uncontrolled depression etc.)
  • Child is being adopted or will not be in the care of the mother

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: intervention at 1 month + usual care
Parents will send the study team photographs of their infant sleeping during the night at ages 1 and 2 months.
Behavioral: Safe
Feedback, according to the 2016 national American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines on Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) risk factors, will be generated by the study team and communicated with parents. Feedback will be given to parents in the intervention group at ages 1 and 2 months. The control group parents will only receive this feedback at age 2 months.
Placebo Comparator: usual care
Parents will send the study team photographs of their infant sleeping during the night only at at age 2 months.
Behavioral: Safe
Feedback, according to the 2016 national American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines on Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) risk factors, will be generated by the study team and communicated with parents. Feedback will be given to parents in the intervention group at ages 1 and 2 months. The control group parents will only receive this feedback at age 2 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
percentage of infants who do not meet all AAP recommendations for sleeping environments at age 2 months
Time Frame: 2 months of age

Safe sleep environment will include:

  1. Solitary vs. non-solitary sleep
  2. Supine vs. non-supine infant sleep position
  3. No loose objects vs. loose objects on the sleep surface
  4. Tight-bedding vs. loose-bedding
  5. Firm vs. soft sleep surface (i.e. crib/bassinete vs. sofa/bouncy chair)
  6. Infant's sleeping in same room as parents vs. separate room
  7. No head coverings vs. head coverings
2 months of age

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Parent compliance
Time Frame: 1 and 2 months of age
Proportion of parents that send photographs of their infant's sleep environment at ages 1 month (intervention group) and 2 months (both groups)
1 and 2 months of age

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ian M Paul, MD, MSc, Penn State Hershey Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 30, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 11, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

September 11, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

September 7, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 11, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 9, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STUDY00010450

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

no plan to IPD with other researchers

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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