Peer Support Groups for Families With an Infant in the NICU
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Participant guided peer support gathering.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anxiety, Stress. Basic parameters: 18 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Peer Support for Black and Latino Families With an Infant in the NICU
Overview
The goal of this observational study is to learn the impact of race, ethnicity, and language matched peer support groups on parental stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging for families who have or have had an infant hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The main questions aim to answer: Do race, ethnicity, and language matched peer support groups decrease parental stress and anxiety and improve sense of belonging of parents while their baby is hospitalized in the NICU? And, are there any changes that should be made to the format of the peer support group sessions? Participants will be invited to attend a peer support group that is matched for race, ethnicity, and language. Participants will have the option of filling out a survey on stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging before and after the peer group session. Additionally, participants will have the option of filling out a satisfaction survey after the peer group session.
Detailed description
The study will be observational research wherein participants who want to attend a peer support group, will have the option of filling out surveys before and after peer support group attendance. Surveys are voluntary and the only way of assessing the behavioral outcome (impact on parental stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging); families can attend the peer support groups even if the family member does not want to participate in the survey.
Interventions
- Behavioral Participant guided peer support gathering
This prospective observational cohort study will be assessing parental stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging before and after participant attendance at the culturally concordant peer group session.
Primary outcome measures
- Parental stress [Time frame: 1 week prior to 2 days after peer group session]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Parental sense of belonging [Time frame: 2 days after peer group session]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parental or guardian self-identified as Black, African American, African, Latino, Hispanic, Chicano
- Parent or guardian of infant that was or is admitted to Oregon Health \& Science University, Randall Children's Hospital, or Providence Health NICU in Portland, OR
Exclusion criteria
- Parent or guardian age less than 18 years old
- Preferred language other than English or Spanish (including if preferred communication is sign language)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Oregon Health & Science University — Portland
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05988996 · STUDY00025682