Assessing the Impact of Mount Sinai Parenting Center's Newborn Class

Accessing the Effectiveness of a Pediatrician-led Newborn Parenting Class on Maternal Newborn Care Knowledge, Anxiety and Confidence

This study is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of a Newborn Parenting Class designed by Mount Sinai Parenting Center. The study measures how effective the class is in improving maternal knowledge on newborn care, decreasing maternal self-perceived anxiety and increasing maternal confidence.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parenting Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Newborn Parenting Class

Detailed Description

The important role positive parenting plays in promoting a child's developmental trajectory has led to the design and implementation of many postpartum education initiatives. With 99% of babies in the U.S. born in hospitals, there is a uniqueness of being in the hospital for an extended period of time with the opportunity to educate parents on the importance of promoting early development. Pediatricians are uniquely well-positioned to address both medical and developmental concerns parents may have during critical periods in a child's development, yet very few interventions are led by pediatricians. The Mount Sinai Parenting Center designed the Newborn Parent Education and Discharge Class (hereafter referred to as Newborn Class) to address this issue. The class is 1-hour long and taught be pediatric attending and residents to all families who deliver well babies at Mount Sinai. The class aims to educate parents about medical issues, responsive parenting, and sleep. It is currently taught every Tuesdays and Thursdays. Because of the limited availability of the class, not all mothers have the opportunity to attend. This research study will survey first time mothers of newborns to explore the effectiveness of attending the class. The study team hypothesizes that attending the class would result in increased knowledge on newborn care, increased confidence levels and decreased levels of anxiety.

First time mothers who delivered a full-term singleton vaginally with no major complications were included in the study. Only mothers who attended the class (intervention) or expressed desire to attend class but were discharged before a class was offered (control) were included in analysis. Mothers were recruited between May 2018 and August 2019 at the Klingenstein Pavilion of Mount Sinai. Maternal self-perceived anxiety and confidence were measured using standardized scales, and knowledge on newborn care was assessed using an internally-developed scale.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 82

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10029
      • Mount Sinai Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants of the study are mothers who delivered vaginally a singleton with no major perinatal complications at Mount Sinai Hospital. Participants were not randomized into control and intervention. This was an Observational study of eligible mothers than attended the Newborn Class ("intervention group") and eligible mothers who wanted to but were not able to attend the Newborn Class because it was not available during their stay at the hospital ("control group").

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• First-time mother
• Above 18 years old
• Vaginal delivery of a healthy full-term singleton
• No major perinatal complications (per self-report)
• Consent to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

-none

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Newborn Parenting Class; New Mother who attended the Newborn Parenting Class	Behavioral: Newborn Parenting Class; Newborn Parenting Class designed by Mount Sinai Parenting Center. The class is 1-hour long and taught be pediatric attending and residents to all families who deliver well babies at Mount Sinai.
New Mothers; New Mothers who expressed interest, but did not attend the Newborn Parenting Class

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (STAI)	Maternal self-perceived anxiety was measured using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (State only). A 40 self-report items questionnaire, each item scored on 4-point likert-type response scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (almost always), full range from 20 to 80, with higher score STAI scores suggesting higher levels of anxiety	Immediately after enrollment (Day 1)
Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS)	Confidence level was measured using Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale. A 15 item instrument with ach item on the KPCS is scored 0, 1, 2, or 3. Total score range from 0-45, with higher score indicating the parent feeling more confident.	Immediately after enrollment (Day 1)
Newborn Care Knowledge Questionnaire	Knowledge on newborn care was assessed using an internally-developed scale, developed by a team of pediatricians and specialists. Total score ranges from 0-10, with higher score indicating higher level of knowledge.	Immediately after enrollment (Day 1)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Principal Investigator: Blair S Hammond, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 28, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 2, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): August 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 8, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): October 9, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 9, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 8, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Maternal anxiety; Positive parenting; Newborn care; Maternal self-efficacy; Newborn care knowledge; Developmental trajectory
• Other Study ID Numbers: GCO 18-0778

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No