PPrime: Parents Views on Diagnosis and Information-giving in Neonatal Care (Pilot Study)

Imperial College London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parents of Preterm Infants Born Before 33 Weeks Gestation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01055548

EudraCT 2009-0138888-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the pilot study is to explore and identify the issues of concern to parents whose babies have been cared for in a neonatal unit and exposed to imaging, its influence on diagnosis and information-giving process

Full description

The aim is to explore the recent experience and views of parents in a qualitative way to assist the development of a questionnaire which can be used with a much larger group of parents. The interview guide with the topics to be covered will include: expectations, concerns and issues relating to the equipment used with their baby, any investigations, including cranial ultrasound and MR imaging and the information provided.

The data collected will then inform the development of a standard instrument or questionnaire which will be used with parents participating in a trial using a randomised design to compare the influence of MR and ultrasound-based information on parental perceptions, stress and coping in association with healthcare usage and costs.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 33 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of babies born before 33 weeks gestation Parents who are 16 years of age or older Parents who are able to give informed consent Parents who are able to take part in interviews which are conducted in English

Exclusion criteria

• Parents who are under 16 years of age Parents who are unable to give informed consent Parents who are unable to take part in interviews which are conducted in English Parents where there are possible or know child protection issues

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Parents of babies born before 33 weeks gestation