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Supporting All Families of Premature Infants At Prentice Women's Hospital from Admission Through Discharge
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Group 1: Standard of Care, Group 2: NICU2HOME app, and 1 other intervention for Premature Infant and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 400 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The objective of this study is to determine the extent to which the SMART NICU2HOME (including EMR interface) and the NICU2HOME apps, mobile applications designed for parents of premature infants to receive daily, real-time information about their infants and personalized education material based on parents' anticipated concerns and their infant's clinical status, is effective in: 1) improving parents' competency in caring for their sick infants, 2) reducing stress, 3) supporting parents' social supports and 3) improving NICU outcomes (parent satisfaction, length of stay, readmission rates.)
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Those who are in Group 1 will receive the usual care which includes: 1. a welcome packet from the nursing staff 2. access to their infant's medical team including doctors and nurse 3. opportunities to ask any questions and understand the care their baby is receiving through participation in daily work rounds or through setting up family meetings with the medical team.
In addition to the usual care made available to Group 1 as described above, Group 2 parents will receive the smartphone app. Group 2 parents will be asked to download the NICU2HOME app.
In addition to the usual care made available to Group 1 as described above, Group 2 parents will receive the smartphone app. Group 3 parents will be asked to download the SMART NICU2HOME app.