Parents' Knowledge and Perception of Benefits and Risks Regarding Neonatal Circumcision
The American Academy of Pediatrics changed their stance on circumcision to "health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks and that the procedure's benefits justify access to this procedure for families who choose it" (AAP, 2012).
We wonder if parents are aware of guidelines such as those of the AAP. Are parents able to make this medical decision by weighing the risks against the benefits of circumcision, or do they simply use sociocultural/religious reasons to make this decision? We hypothesize that parents are unaware of the specific benefits and risks of circumcision, and make this decision based primarily on sociocultural, religious, and/or familial norms.
Expectant parents' knowledge will be assessed via a Qualtrics survey. Participants will be recruited in the OB/GYN clinic sometime between their 24-28 week prenatal visit. We hope to accrue at least 680 participants for this study in order to achieve statistical significance and acquire a range of demographics. Expectant mothers and fathers (and single mothers) will be encouraged to participate.
This survey will assess their desire to get their child circumcised when they are born. Participants will be asked to list perceived risks and benefits of circumcision. This will hopefully allow us to see two things: if parents are aware and knowledgeable of the risks and benefits or circumcision, and what they perceive to be risky or beneficial from a medical standpoint.
Parents will be randomly given 1 of 2 pieces of information (1 per couple [or per single mother]; 1 control, 1 experiment) with different information about circumcision. We will see if there are any outcome differences based on which group the couple randomized into. Follow-up phone call will serve to assess outcome if baby was circumcised and any factors that led up to the decision. This will allow us to see if the AAP stance has any effect on decision making when we compare the control and experiment groups.
研究概览
研究类型
注册 (实际的)
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
学习地点
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor、Michigan、美国、48109
- University of Michigan Health System
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参与标准
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
接受健康志愿者
有资格学习的性别
描述
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects will be recruited from the Obstetrics clinic. All expectant parents of children are eligible to participate in this study. The study team will include those who do not know the sex of their baby and later exclude those who ultimately have girls from the final survey.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exclusion is limited to parents with a child that has had a genital anomaly identified via ultrasound before the time of the research study, and parents that definitively know they are having girls.
学习计划
研究是如何设计的?
设计细节
- 主要用途:其他
- 分配:随机化
- 介入模型:并行分配
- 屏蔽:单身的
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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假比较器:Parent Survival Guide
This arm of the study will focus on the document that is normally given to all parents of newborn infants.
It contains information on newborn care such as feeding, cleaning of the baby's penis, etc.
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实验性的:AAP Documents + Parent Survival Guide.
This arm of the study will focus on documents created based off of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 policy statement.
They contain information on the potential risks and benefits of neonatal circumcision.
The Parent Survival Guide contains information on newborn care such as feeding, cleaning of the baby's penis, etc.
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研究衡量的是什么?
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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Number of children circumcised
大体时间:18 weeks
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18 weeks
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合作者和调查者
研究记录日期
研究主要日期
学习开始 (实际的)
初级完成 (实际的)
研究完成 (实际的)
研究注册日期
首次提交
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
首次发布 (估计)
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
最后验证
更多信息
与本研究相关的术语
关键字
其他研究编号
- HUM00073478
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Parent Survival Guide的临床试验
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