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NCT Number: NCT04265677

FamilyLink Family-Centered Rounds

This study will be a pilot test of using FamilyLink software to bring parents of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) virtually to the bedside during Family Centered Rounds.

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Key information

Conditions

Family Centered Rounds

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California-Davis

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged 0-365 days
  • Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years
  • Medical team members (physicians, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses) of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who are not discharged home from the NICU (e.g., transferred to another inpatient unit or another hospital)
  • Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU who do not speak English, as a translator will not reliability be available to participate in rounds when the parent/guardian is not physically present
  • Patients who have more than one admission to the Blue Team during our study period will only be included on their first admission

Treatment and study plan

Telemedicine FCR

Other

Parents/guardians will be able to join family centered rounds using telemedicine (audio and visual)

Standard of care

Other

Parents/guardians will not be able to join family centered rounds using telemedicine (audio and visual)

Primary outcomes

  1. CAHPS Communication with Parent Subscale

    Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

    19 questions from the Communication with Parent Subscale of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Child Hospital Survey; specifically, we will report the following measures: Communication between you and your child's nurses (composite measure); Communication between you and your child's doctors (composite measure); Communication about your child's medicines (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care (composite measure) Privacy when talking with doctors, nurses, and other providers (single-item measure); Preparing you and your child to leave the hospital (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care in the Emergency Room (single-item measure). Higher scores are better; 0 (minimum) - 100 (maximum)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Rates of adverse events

    Time frame: Up to 6 months

    Rates of adverse events reported by parents, providers, or nurses

  2. Hospital Length of Stay

    Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

    Hospital length of stay of the patient measured in days

  3. Breastmilk at discharge

    Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

    If the patient was receiving all, some or no breastmilk

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Davis

Other

Registry information

Official study title

FamilyLink Family-Centered Rounds Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Feb 11, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 5, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.