An Early Intervention to Increase Maternal Self-efficacy After Preterm Birth (JOIN)

Vaud University Hospital Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Depression; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: joint observation and video feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02736136

496/15

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effects of an early intervention (joint observation and video feedback) on maternal parenting self-efficacy following a premature birth. Mothers who have given birth to a very premature baby will be randomly allocated to either the early intervention or usual care whilst the infant is still hospitalized. Participants will be followed up at one month and six months. It is predicted that participants who received the early intervention will report higher maternal parenting self-efficacy than those who are not.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers of very preterm infants born between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation
• Infant aged up to 8 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• Do not speak French sufficiently well to participate in assessments
• Have established intellectual disability or psychotic illness
• Infant too instable regarding hemodynamic or respiratory functioning (severe brady apnea, more than 30% oxygen)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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71 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Joint observation and video feedback plus usual care in the neonatology (plus completion of self-report questionnaires and 15 min filmed mother-infant interaction)

Treatment:

Behavioral: joint observation and video feedback

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care in the neonatology (plus completion of self-report questionnaires and 15 min filmed mother-infant interaction)