Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Viveca Lindh
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Nursing
Umea University
Umea
Se 90187
Sweden
+46 (0) 90 7869262
viveca.lindh@nurs.umu.se
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
1
Study information
Scientific title
Parents' perceptions of nursing care during back transport of the newborn infant from University Hospital Intensive Care to Community Hospital Care: a randomised controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
It is hypothesised that if parents are offered web-based video communication with the community hospital staff as preparation before neonatal back transport from intensive care to community hospital care, parentsÂ’ satisfaction with information and nursing care will increase.
Ethics approval
Regional Ethics Board at Umea University, February 2008, ref: Dnr 08-017
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet (in Swedish only)
Condition
Nurse-parent communication in connection with neonatal back transport
Intervention
The intervention will consist of video-talks where the parents and the primary nurse at the community hospital will take part, before back transport from neonatal intensive care. The content of the talk will be information on care routines and the setting where the infant and the family will be cared for after the transfer. The parents will have the opportunity to ask anything and have a free conversation with the primary nurse. Each participant will receive at least one video talk with a duration of 15 minutes.
The control group will not receive any video talks.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
A questionnaire will be distributed to the parents at discharge from the community hospital.
Outcomes that will be recorded: (graded on Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) concerning parents' perception on:
1. Treatment (nursing care at the community hospital)
2. Quality of information
3. Psychological preparation before transport
Secondary outcome measures
The following will be assessed within the survey parents receive at discharge:
1. Consistent infant-feeding routines at the two hospitals
2. Consistent information on the back transport
Overall trial start date
28/02/2009
Overall trial end date
28/02/2011
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Parents to newborn infants, cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Umea University Hospital and who are geographically belonging to a Community Hospital in the county of Norrbotten, Sweden and will be back transferred. Both male and female infants are eligible, and there are no age limits for the parents.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Parents to 26 newborn infants
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
28/02/2009
Recruitment end date
28/02/2011
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Trial participating centre
Department of Nursing
Umea
Se 90187
Sweden
Sponsor information
Organisation
Umea University (Sweden)
Sponsor details
c/o Dr Viveca Lindh
Department of Nursing
Umea
SE-90187
Sweden
+46 (0) 90 7869262
viveca.lindh@nurs.umu.se
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Research Foundation of the County Council of Norrbotten (Sweden)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list