The effect of web-based video communication as preparation before neonatal back transport on parents' perception of nursing care

ISRCTN	ISRCTN27425533
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN27425533
Protocol serial number	1
Sponsor	Umea University (Sweden)
Funder	Research Foundation of the County Council of Norrbotten (Sweden)

Submission date: 08/02/2009
Registration date: 31/03/2009
Last edited: 09/10/2014

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Neonatal Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Viveca Lindh
Scientific

Department of Nursing
Umea University
Umea
Se 90187
Sweden

Phone	+46 (0) 90 7869262
Email	viveca.lindh@nurs.umu.se

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
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
Study objectives	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, parents satisfaction with information and nursing care will increase.
Ethics approval(s)	Regional Ethics Board at Umea University, February 2008, ref: Dnr 08-017
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure(s)	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
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	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
Completion date	28/02/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	26
Key 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.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	28/02/2009
Date of final enrolment	28/02/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Sweden

Study participating centre

Department of Nursing

Umea
Se 90187
Sweden

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes