Emotional Experiences in Fathers of NICU Infants

Completed

Conditions studied: Stress, Depressive Symptomatology

In brief

This study is designed to evaluate the emotional experiences of fathers who have preterm infants who are hospitalized in a (neonatal intensive care unit)NICU setting. In addition, we will compare the emotional responses experienced by father of surgical NICU babies and fathers of medical NICU babies. Our primary hypothesis is that paternal stress levels will be lower for those fathers of infants who are hospitalized in a medical NICU compared with fathers of infants who are hospitalized in a surgical NICU. Secondary hypotheses include: 1) Stress levels for fathers of hospitalized infants will decrease over time; 2) Depressive symptomatology modulates perceived stress in fathers of NICU infants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00306605

Run by

Christiana Care Health Services

People needed

35

Starts

2006-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-21

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• consenting fathers who are English speaking
• fathers with preterm infants < 30 weeks gestation and who are likely to survive
• Infants who lack congenital or genetic abnormalities likely to be associated with significant neurodevelopmental handicaps.

You may not qualify if…

• There are no specific exclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Christiana Hospital (Christiana Care Health Systems) — Newark, Delaware, United States
• A.I. duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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